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 …

disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care …Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …

This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … army employees 55 years of age or older. Before the offer was implemented in the Swedish defense, the normal retirement age … was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals' health within the age range 56-70, we find support …

This essay estimates the causal effect of postponing retirement on a wide range of health outcomes using Swedish … retirement impacts mortality or health care utilization. … administrative data on cause-specific mortality, hospitalizations and drug prescriptions. Exogenous variation in retirement timing …

The few studies that have attempted to identify the causal effects of retirement on mental health and well-being have … provided conflicting evidence. Hence, whether retirement affects mental health positively or negatively is still unclear. Our … primary objective is to investigate the impact of retirement on mental health as measured by the 20-item Center for …

In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of occupational choice with endogenous health behavior, aging, and … longevity. Health-demanding work leads to a faster accumulation of health deficits and is remunerated with a hazard markup on … wages. Health deficit accumulation is also influenced by unhealthy consumption and health care expenditure. I calibrate the …

retirement regulations moderate the effects, thus emphasizing the importance of maintaining good physical health in old age for …Individual cognitive functioning declines over time. We seek to understand how adverse physical health shocks in older … Continental Europe we find evidence that health shocks lead to an immediate and persistent decline in cognitive functioning. This …