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The retirement mortality puzzle: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Giesecke, Matthias - 2019
I estimate the effect of retirement on mortality, exploiting two discontinuities at age-based eligibility thresholds …-based eligibility thresholds, I demonstrate that retirement can have both mortality-decreasing and mortality-increasing effects … mixed results from the literature I provide evidence that the retirement-mortality nexus is driven by the activity change at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012049351
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Understanding cognitive decline in older ages: The role of health shocks
Schiele, Valentin; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2021
retirement regulations moderate the effects, thus emphasizing the importance of maintaining good physical health in old age for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698570
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Can pensions save lives? Evidence from the introduction of old-age assistance in the UK
Jäger, Philipp - 2023
data points to a reduction in residential crowding and retirement, especially from occupations associated with high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278719
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Work and Well-Being of Informal Caregivers in Europe
Heger, Dörte - 2014
Informal caregivers provide valuable services to elderly persons with long-term care needs, but the consequences of caregiving on caregivers are not yet fully understood. This paper illustrates the interrelation between caregiving and caregivers' labour force participation, cognitive ability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420992
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Work and Well-Being of Informal Caregivers in Europe
Heger, Dörte - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2014
Informal caregivers provide valuable services to elderly persons with long-term care needs, but the consequences of caregiving on caregivers are not yet fully understood. This paper illustrates the interrelation between caregiving and caregivers’ labour force participation, cognitive ability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960059
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Are Armington Elasticities Different across Countries and Sectors? – A European Study
Olekseyuk, Zoryana; Schürenberg-Frosch, Hannah - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2014
CGE models are widely used for policy evaluation and impact analysis especially with respect to trade reforms, tax reforms, energy sector reform and development policy analysis. However, the results of such models are often argued to be sensitive to the choice of exogenous parameters such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100016
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The causal effects of retirement on mental health: Looking beyond the mean effects
Kolodziej, Ingo W.K.; García-Gómez, Pilar - 2017
We analyze the causal effect of retirement on mental health, exploiting differences in retirement eligibility ages … across countries and over time using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. We estimate not only … mental health distribution. We find unequally distributed protective effects of retirement on mental health. These gains are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011587995
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Long-run consequences of informal elderly care and implications of public long-term care insurance
Korfhage, Thorben - 2019
In this paper, I estimate a dynamic structural model of labor supply, retirement, and informal care supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012049353
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Pension incentives and labor supply: Evidence from the introduction of universal old-age assistance in the UK
Giesecke, Matthias; Jäger, Philipp - 2020
We study the labor supply effects and welfare implications of introducing a universal means-tested old-age assistance program in times of very limited social protection. We take advantage of a unique historical reform: The Old-Age Pension Act (OPA) of 1908, which, for the first time, provided...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012209552
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The dynamic and heterogeneous effects of retirement on cognitive decline
Schmitz, Hendrik; Westphal, Matthias - 2021
We study effects of retirement on cognitive abilities (up to ten years after retirement) using data from 21 countries … in Continental Europe, England, and the US, and exploiting early-retirement thresholds for identification. For this … helps to decompose event-study estimates into true medium-run effects of retirement and effects driven by differential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013167907