We explore the effects of retirement on both physical and mental ill-health and whether these change in the presence of … relationship between retirement and health and a difference-in-differences approach combined with matching to investigate whether … the health effects of retirement are affected by the Great Recession. We estimate these models on data drawn from the …

While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …