Using data from the European Social Survey 1 (2002) and 9 (2018) we show the development of self-rated health in 17 … countries for pre-retirement and post-retirement cohorts. We find a considerable increase of older people reporting good or very … good health between 2002 and 2018; this increase is similar in all groups examined. Absolute differences between income …

This study quantifies gender-specific differences in retirement income in Germany, Denmark, and France. We show that … gender-specific differences in health, i.e. the so-called "gender health gap", in the same age group. Self-assessed general … health in 2013 reveals no significant differences between men and women in the countries studied. However, gender …

the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) supplemented with data from the Consumption and Activities Mail Survey (CAMS … framework that incorporates differences in consumption, leisure, health, mortality, and wealth. We use longitudinal data from … ethnic inequality is larger than suggested by other welfare metrics such as income or consumption. We also find health …

-country research using these instruments. While the short-term health impact of retirement in Europe remains uncertain, the medium- to … evidence of the health effects of retirement. In contrast to prior research, we analyze both the impact of being retired and … long-term effects appear to be negative and economically large. -- Health ; Retirement ; Share ; Sharelife …

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 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 …

; retirement ; disability insurance ; health … cycle model of labor supply and health with heterogeneous agents. The key features of the framework are: (1) people choose … benefits is imperfectly correlated with health, and (3) people can partially insure against health shocks by investing in …

We present a theory of the relation between health and retirement that generates testable predictions regarding the … interaction of health, wealth and financial incentives in retirement decisions. The theory predicts (i) that wealthier individuals … health events, proxied by unanticipated hospitalizations, to information on retirement decisions and actual incentives from …

We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility … status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects mental health of both themselves and their partners. Single men … retiring experience a drop in mental health. Female retirement has hardly any effect on their own mental health or the mental …