This paper explores the relationship between education and the evolution of wealth after retirement. Asset growth … following retirement depends in part on health capital and financial capital accumulated prior to retirement, which in turn are … health and financial capital accumulated prior to retirement from the effects of education that impinge directly on asset …

retirement regulations moderate the effects, thus emphasizing the importance of maintaining good physical health in old age for …Individual cognitive functioning declines over time. We seek to understand how adverse physical health shocks in older … Continental Europe we find evidence that health shocks lead to an immediate and persistent decline in cognitive functioning. This …

order to preserve consumption levels after retirement. We find that the median older household has current wealth of …Low saving rates raise questions about Americans' ability to maintain consumption levels in old age. Using the Health … and Retirement Study, this paper explores asset holdings among a nationally representative sample of people on the verge …

We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility … status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects mental health of both themselves and their partners. Single men … retiring experience a drop in mental health. Female retirement has hardly any effect on their own mental health or the mental …