This paper proposes a dynamic life cycle model of health risks, employment, early retirement, and wealth accumulation … in order to analyze the health-related risks of consumption and old age poverty. In particular, the model includes a … health process, the interaction between health and employment risks, and an explicit modeling of the German public insurance …

This paper estimates and decomposes income-related health inequality for people nearing retirement age in the US by … analyzing data from Health and Retirement Study. To reveal the whole picture of health deterioration with respect to income … ranking, we use Petrie et al. (2011)’s newly proposed income and health mobility, explicitly accounting for the dead in a …

dorsopathies). The results show that increasing the retirement age further should be accompanied by preventive health and education …In the policy debate, there are regular demands to further increase the retirement age to address the financial … challenges for the pension system. However, a prolonged working life impacts a person’s health. Detailed data from the statutory …

We estimate the impact of health and financial incentives on the retirement transitions of older workers in Spain … derived as changes in a composite health stock measure over time. We examine labour market exits into both old age retirement … in the case of the broad definition of retirement. Initial health stock shows a significant impact on both definitions of …

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. …

Norway in 1992-2003. Special attention is given to early retirement pensiion and disability pension as two major exit routes … from the labour force. Health status is represented by a latent variable reflecting the eligibility for participating in … model is used to investigate the degree of potential substitution of the early retirement and retirement through the …

health and retirement estimated on the Norwegian labour market data. The paper focuses on the two main elements of the reform … drawing rules designed to eliminate the incentives distortions with respect to the time of retirement. The effects of these … the proposed pension reform succeeds in urging the older workers to postpone their retirement and induces an increase in …

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

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 …

We estimate the impact of health and financial incentives on the retirement transitions of older workers in Spain … derived as changes in a composite health stock measure over time. We examine labour market exits into both old age retirement … in the case of the broad definition of retirement. Initial health stock shows a significant impact on both definitions of …