Despite the widespread provision of retiree health insurance for public sector workers, little attention has been paid to its effects on employee retirement. This is in contrast to the large literature on health-insurance-induced "job-lock" in the private sector. I use the introduction of...

1. Retirement benefits in the public sector : the role of retiree health plans -- 2. The economics of retiree health insurance benefits -- 3. Descriptions of state retiree health plans -- 4. Funding and liabilities of state retiree health plans -- 5. Explaining the differences in financial...

"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. While no longer common in the private sector, most public sector employers offer retiree health insurance (RHI) as a retirement benefit...

While no longer common in the private sector, most public sector employers offer retiree health insurance (RHI) as a retirement benefit to their employees. While these plans are thought to be an important tool for employers to attract, retain, motivate, and ultimately retire workers, they...