We estimate the impact of health and financial incentives on the retirement transitions of older workers in Spain … derived as changes in a composite health stock measure over time. We examine labour market exits into both old age retirement … in the case of the broad definition of retirement. Initial health stock shows a significant impact on both definitions of …

Using longitudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), we study the relationship between … health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the possible endogeneity of self-reported health …, particularly ?justification bias?, and (2) the relative importance of health changes and long-term health in the decision to work …

rnarket status is expected to have a (reverse) causal effect on health. A solution to the 'Health and Retirement Nexus …-assessed health measures are usually at hand in empiricalanalyses and research indicates that these may be affected by endogenous …, state dependent, reporting behaviour. Furthermore, even if an objective health measure is used, it is not likely to be …

is expected to have a (reverse) causal effect on health. A solution to the ?Health and Retirement Nexus? requires an …This paper aims to explore the interrelation between health and work decisions of elderly workers, taking the various … ways in which health and work can influence each other explicitly into account. For this, two issues are of relevance. Self …

reduction in hours of work, before retirement, on the moment of exit from the labor force. If, as often suggested, flexibility … in hours of work is a useful measure to postpone retirement, then a reduction in working hours should be associated with … retirement at later ages. Results prove otherwise suggesting that reducing hours of work before retirement is associated with …

If retirement means a substantial and sustained reduction in the time spent working for pay or profit, measurement … retirement is about 63 for men, 62 for women. That is true for all cohorts. If earning up to half of one's previous employment …

Since the prevalence of many chronic health conditions increases with age we might anticipate that as the population … prevalence did not change? How much would the requirements for health care resources increase in those circumstances? How much … rates for almost all conditions associated mostly with old age would rise by more than 25 percent and that health care …

Retirement conducted by researchers at Massey University. The study employs a range of measures of health including the results …, arguably masking the effect of privately held forms of retirement wealth. The paper reports associations between health, wealth …Health status is an important element in the decision to continue working or retire among older workers. Given the …

paper uses a new source of longitudinal data on the health, labour force participation and retirement decisions of older New …Increasing life expectancies and uncertainty about future retirement incomes are likely to lead to various changes in … influenced by their health status (both mental and physical), in addition to a wide range of economic, social and demographic …