We explore the effects of retirement on both physical and mental ill-health and whether these change in the presence of … relationship between retirement and health and a difference-in-differences approach combined with matching to investigate whether … the health effects of retirement are affected by the Great Recession. We estimate these models on data drawn from the …

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort … conclusions. We provide evidence that the increase in the retirement age negatively affects health outcomes as the prevalence of …-in- Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in …

evidence of the health effects of retirement.In contrast to prior research, we analyze both the impact of being retired and the …-country research using these instruments. While the short-term health impact of retirement in Europe remains uncertain, the medium- to … to pay attention to the health effects of a longer working life, with rather mixed results thus far. Utilizing panel data …

This paper analyses the short- and long-term effects of retirement on mental health in ten European countries. It …-fixed effects to deal with endogeneity in retirement behaviour. The results display no short-term effects of retirement on mental … health, but a large negative longer-term impact. This impact survives a battery of robustness tests, and applies to women and …

uses a new source of longitudinal data on the health, labour force participation and retirement decisions of older New …Increasing life expectancies and uncertainty about future retirement incomes are likely to lead to various changes in … influenced by their health status (both mental and physical), in addition to a wide range of economic, social and demographic …

This paper investigates the effects of retirement on various health outcomes. Data stem from the first three waves of … applied to identify causal effects. It is found that retirement significantly increases the risk of being diagnosed with a …. Estimates also indicate that retirement has quite diverse effects for different individuals …

I use a fixed effects instrumental variable approach to determine the effect retirement has on health. The exogenous … otherwise endogenous retirement decision. Six health aspects are considered: self-assessed health, depression, limitations in … countries from the Survey of Health, Retirement and Ageing in Europe (SHARE), I find that retiring both at the normal and early …

In this study, using panel data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we investigate the … variables are specified in the model, retirement is shown to have small, unstable impacts on mental health. Notably, adults who … levels of depression of European adults around the time of retirement. Fixed-effect models are employed to control for …

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort … conclusions. We provide evidence that the increase in the retirement age negatively affects health outcomes as the prevalence of …-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and …

We analyze the causal effect of retirement on mental health, exploiting differences in retirement eligibility ages … across countries and over time using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. We estimate not only … mental health distribution. We find unequally distributed protective effects of retirement on mental health. These gains are …