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Understanding the effect of retirement on health using Regression Discontinuity Design
Eibich, P. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2014
This paper estimates the causal effect of retirement on health, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Using … mechanisms. The results show a long-run improvement in health upon retirement. Relief from work-related stress, increased sleep … duration and more frequent physical exercise seem to be key mechanisms through which retirement affects health. Moreover, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011086678
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The role of early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Deeg, Dorly J.H.; Lindeboom, … - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2010
Serious life events, such as the loss of a relative or the onset of a chronic condition may influence cognitive functioning. We examine whether the cognitive impact of such events is stronger if conditions very early in life were adverse, using Dutch longitudinal data of older persons. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008776035
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Working in old age and health outcomes in Japan
Kajitani, Shinya - In: Japan and the World Economy 23 (2011) 3, pp. 153-162
How does working in old age affect health status? We examine the impacts of the working hours of elderly Japanese men on their health outcome, taking into account an endogeneity between work and health. Utilizing panel data on the Japanese elderly, we found that while Japanese elderly males...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010574377
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Understanding the Effect of Retirement on Health Using Regression Discontinuity Design
Eibich, Peter - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper estimates the causal effect of retirement on health, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Using … mechanisms. The results show a long-run improvement in health upon retirement. Relief from work-related stress and strain …, increased sleep duration and more frequent physical exercise seem to be key mechanisms through which retirement affects health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896250
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The role early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Deeg, Dorly J. H.; Lindeboom, … - 2010
Serious life events, such as the loss or the onset of a chronic condition may influence cognitive functioning. We examine whether the cognitive impact of such events is stronger if conditions very early in life were adverse, using Dutch lnogitudinal data of older persons. We exploit exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273982
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Shattered dreams: the effects of changing the pension system late in the game
de Grip, Andries; Lindeboom, Maarten; Montizaan, Raymond - 2009
retirement expectations of workers nearing retirement age. The reform means that public sector workers born on January 1, 1950 or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274070
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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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Understanding the Effect of Retirement on Health: Mechanisms and Heterogeneity
Eibich, Peter - In: Journal of Health Economics 43 (2015), pp. 1-12
This paper investigates the mechanisms behind the health effects of retirement. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design … to exploit financial incentives in the German pension system for identification, I find that retirement improves … sleep duration as well as more frequent physical exercise seem to be key mechanisms through which retirement affects health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413585
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The role of early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Deeg, Dorly J.H.; Lindeboom, … - 2010
Cognitive functioning of elderly individuals may be affected by events such as the loss of a (grand)child or partner or the onset of a serious chronic condition, and by negative economic shocks such as job loss or the reduction of pension benefits. It is conceivable that the impact of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277333
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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/10012049351