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The effects of an increase in the retirement age on health - evidence from administrative data
Barschkett, Mara; Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; … - 2021
This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort … conclusions. We provide evidence that the increase in the retirement age negatively affects health outcomes as the prevalence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705582
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Health and Work of the Elderly
Lindeboom, Maarten; Kerkhofs, Marcel - 2002
rnarket status is expected to have a (reverse) causal effect on health. A solution to the 'Health and Retirement Nexus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324746
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Health and Work of the Elderly: Subjective Health Measures, Reporting Errors and the Endogenous Relationship between Health and Work
Lindeboom, Maarten; Kerkhofs, Marcel J. M. - 2002
is expected to have a (reverse) causal effect on health. A solution to the ?Health and Retirement Nexus? requires an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274361
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The effects of an increase in the retirement age on health : evidence from administrative data
Barschkett, Mara; Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; … - 2021
This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort … conclusions. We provide evidence that the increase in the retirement age negatively affects health outcomes as the prevalence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191363
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The retirement mortality puzzle : evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Giesecke, Matthias - 2019
I estimate the effect of retirement on mortality, exploiting two discontinuities at age-based eligibility thresholds …-based eligibility thresholds, I demonstrate that retirement can have both mortality-decreasing and mortality-increasing effects … mixed results from the literature I provide evidence that the retirement-mortality nexus is driven by the activity change at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041523
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Health and work of the elderly : subjective health measures, reporting errors and the endogenous relationship between health and work
Lindeboom, Maarten; Kerkhofs, Marcel - 2002
is expected to have a (reverse) causal effect on health. A solution to the "Health and Retirement Nexus" requires an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406896
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Do the age profiles of health care expenditure really steepen over time? New evidence from Swiss cantons
Felder, Stefan; Werblow, Andreas - 2008
The red herring hypothesis contends that the high health care expenditure in old age is caused by proximity to death rather than calendar age. Dissenters point to longitudinal data and claim that health care expenditure age profiles tend to steepen over time. The present paper tests the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300617
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Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples : Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; van Soest, Arthur - 2004
couples in the US. Using six biennial waves of couples aged 51-61 in 1992 from the Health and Retirement Study, we compare the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262057
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The impact of aging on future healthcare expenditure
Steinmann, Lukas; Telser, Harry; Zweifel, Peter - 2006
The impact of aging on healthcare expenditure (HCE) has been at the center of a prolonged debate. This paper purports to shed light on several issues. First, it presents new evidence on the relative importance of the two components of HCE that have been distinguished by Zweifel, Felder and Meier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315546
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The intergenerational transmission of human capital: Exploring the role of skills and health using data on adoptees and twins
Lundborg, Petter; Nordin, Martin; Rooth, Dan Olof - 2011
In this paper, we focus on possible causal mechanisms behind the intergenerational transmission of human capital. For this purpose, we use both an adoption and a twin design and study the effect of parents' education on their children's cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and health. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282495