and 2004. Using data from the German Federation of Public Pension Providers, the IMS Health Drug Launches database and the … the observation period. Controlling for individual determinants of health-related retirement, such as worker's age, sex …

Health status is an important element in the decision to continue working or retire among older workers. Given the … workforce. However, an individual's decision is likely to be influenced by both their health status and their accumulated wealth …. This study analyses the influence of health and wealth on the decision to participate in the labour force amongst older New …

paper uses a new source of longitudinal data on the health, labour force participation and retirement decisions of older New … influenced by their health status (both mental and physical), in addition to a wide range of economic, social and demographic … heterogeneity. We find a range of factors to be associated with the decision to retire, notably health status, marital status and …

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 …

of health shocks on employment and economic wellbeing of older workers. A health shock trebles the probability of leaving … the labor force and almost doubles the unemployment risk. The financial effects of health shocks are small on average and … those individuals with the highest remaining earnings potential are least affected by the health shock. Welfare state …

biennial waves from the Health and Retirement Study. We find the dynamics of the presence of pain is central to understanding …