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both mental and physical health. In addition, individuals feel less financially constrained and are more optimistic about …
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This paper sheds new light on the mortality effect of delaying retirement by investigating the impacts of the 1967 … Spanish pension reform. This reform exogenously changed the early retirement age, depending on the date individuals started … retirement schemes, such as partial retirement, mitigates the detrimental effect of delaying retirement on mortality. …
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the mechanisms that drive positive retirement program results, we find evidence that changes in individual health … 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 …
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We study the effects of public pension systems on the retirement timing of older workers and, in turn, the health … consequences of delaying retirement by those workers. Causal inference relies on a social security reform in Israel that shifted …. The results imply a small value for an additional year of life, suggesting that workers underestimate the health cost of …
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In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of occupational choice with endogenous health behavior, aging, and … longevity. Health-demanding work leads to a faster accumulation of health deficits and is remunerated with a hazard markup on … wages. Health deficit accumulation is also influenced by unhealthy consumption and health care expenditure. I calibrate the …
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We explore the link between health indicators and employment rates of the population aged 55 or more. Our focus lies on … work capacity as a key determinant of employment. Using cohort mortality information as a proxy for overall health outcomes … individual-level objective and subjective health and socioeconomic parameters as predictors. …
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Health capacity to work for the elderly is an essential piece of information for designing social policies in an aging … society. Here, we assess the health capacity to work of older men in South Korea and provide a cross-country comparison … health status, we quantify the additional employment capacity of current older men in reference to the mortality …
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data points to a reduction in residential crowding and retirement, especially from occupations associated with high …
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Health capacity to work for the elderly is an essential piece of information for designing social policies in an aging … society. Here, we assess the health capacity to work of older men in South Korea and provide a cross-country comparison … health status, we quantify the additional employment capacity of current older men in reference to the mortalityemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012049325
healthy life expectancy before and after retirement, and on the likelihood of being in good health at retirement age. To … significantly higher retirement ages than older cohorts, the likelihood of being in good health at retirement age is higher for … intervals correspond to significant increases in time spent in poor health before retirement age, and decreases in time spent in …
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