I estimate the effect of retirement on mortality, exploiting two discontinuities at age-based eligibility thresholds … for pension claiming in Germany. The analysis is based on unique social security records that document the age at death …-based eligibility thresholds, I demonstrate that retirement can have both mortality-decreasing and mortality-increasing effects …

an individual accounts retirement program. I first estimate mortality differentials by gender, race, ethnicity and level … of education using the National Longitudinal Mortality Study and document substantial differences. I then use these …