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We estimate the effect of additional pension income on mortality outcomes by exploring the eli- gibility criteria of a … to a 2-month delay in age at death (censored at 75). Survey evidence suggests that additional pension income improves … both mental and physical health. In addition, individuals feel less financially constrained and are more optimistic about …
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introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … and above. The results point to three main conclusions. First, in addition to improvements in self-reported health, older … adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health …
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demands may have a direct and health mediated effect on individual retirement. An econometric challenge is the dynamic self …. There are overall no retirement effects in the age bracket 50-58 and thus no indication for strong adverse health effects. A …
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It is widely believed that health plays a major role in retirement decisions. The most important problem in including … health in retirement models is the lack of availability of a good measure of health at the individual level in existing data … sets. This problem is exacerbated when a model spanning multiple countries is desired, because self-reports on health may …
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introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … and above. The results point to three main conclusions. First, in addition to improvements in self-reported health, older … adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014104775
percent of their annual income. The paper further shows that the negative income shock had no impact on the health of …This paper provides novel evidence on the labor supply response to negative income shocks in retirement, exploiting an … institutional feature that caused differential and unexpected income losses among otherwise identical individuals in a sharp …
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Life expectancies are rapidly increasing and uncertain in all countries in Europe. To keep pension systems affordable, policy reforms are to be implemented which will encourage individuals to work longer. In this paper we analyze the impact of working and living longer on pension incomes in five...
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We investigate how Japanese men aged 60-74 adjust their workforce attachment after beginning to receive a public pension. Men who were employees at age 54 gradually move to part-time work or retire after beginning to receive pension benefits; those who continue working are more likely to be...
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Flexible work arrangements and retirement options provide one solution for the challenges of unemployment and underemployment, aging populations, and unsustainable public pension systems in welfare states around the world. We examine the relationships between well-being and job satisfaction on...
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demands may have a direct and health mediated effect on individual retirement. An econometric challenge is the dynamic self …. There are overall no retirement effects in the age bracket 50-58 and thus no indication for strong adverse health effects. A … change in the level of current job demands does not influence the subsequent probability of retirement. -- Health ; job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008936968