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 …

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 …

This paper presents a meta-analysis on the effects of retirement on health. We select academic papers published between … 2000 and 2021 studying the impact of retirement on physical and mental health, self-assessed general health, healthcare … correcting for it, we find that the average effect of retirement on health outcomes is small and barely significant. We apply …

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 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 …

both mental and physical health. In addition, individuals feel less financially constrained and are more optimistic about …

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 …

retirement. Apart from direct health effects, the results also reveal behavioral changes in the utilization of healthcare … countries, these debates grow in intensity with the aging of the population; however, an increase in retirement age may create … unintended side effects with regards to retiree health or healthcare costs. This study empirically analyzes the effect of (early …