Saporta-Eksten, Itay; Shurtz, Ity; Weisburd, Sarit - 2020
We study the effects of public pension systems on the retirement timing of older workers and, in turn, the health … for employment, we find that working an additional full year at old age decreases longevity. This mortality effect occurs …. The results imply a small value for an additional year of life, suggesting that workers underestimate the health cost of …