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 …

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 …

non financial factors. Non financial factors include working conditions, health status and mortality expectations … macroeconomic indicators of pension entitlements recently produced by the OECD. Health and work conditions come out as strong … percentage points in the probability of wishing to retire as soon as possible. Declaring oneself in bad or very bad health has a …

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 …

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 …

poverty line measured as one-half median equivalent income after taxes and transfers, for households headed by a person 65 or … over fell from 28.4 per cent in 1973 to 5.4 per cent in 1997, while the poverty gap or income shortfall below the poverty … tax and transfer income are much higher and show no downward trend. Osberg attributes the difference between the before …

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 …

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 …