This paper estimates the causal effect of retirement on health, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Using …. Moreover, the improvement in health caused by retirement leads to a reduction in healthcare utilization. … mechanisms. The results show a long-run improvement in health upon retirement. Relief from work-related stress and strain …

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 …

foster improvements in retirees’ health. However, retirement also bears the risk that retirees suffer from the loss of daily …Retirement offers the opportunity to give up potentially risky, unhealthy, and/or stressful work, which is expected to … adopt unhealthy behaviors. Depending on the relative importance of the different mechanisms, retirement may either improve …

This paper investigates the mechanisms behind the health effects of retirement. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design … sleep duration as well as more frequent physical exercise seem to be key mechanisms through which retirement affects health. … to exploit financial incentives in the German pension system for identification, I find that retirement improves …

retirement. Apart from direct health effects, the results also reveal behavioral changes in the utilization of healthcare … unintended side effects with regards to retiree health or healthcare costs. This study empirically analyzes the effect of (early …) retirement on individual inpatient and outpatient healthcare expenditure in Austria. We use comprehensive labor market and …