older workers in poor health. This Brief documents the health and financial status of people aged 62-64 who receive reduced … a serious health condition, almost half report some type of health problem. About 25 percent are estimated to have … health problems that substantially impair their ability to work. When compared to other early retirees, those who have severe …

Using harmonised data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (for England), the Health and Retirement Study (for … the US) and the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (for 11 European countries), this paper estimates the … impact of retirement on the self-assessed general health and physical health of individuals who retired between 2004 and 2007 …

challenges for the pension system. However, a prolonged working life impacts a person’s health. Detailed data from the statutory … health insurance companies shows that abolishing the "Rente für Frauen" (women’s pension) in 1999, which allowed women to … retire at 60, resulted in negative health effects. Women who were affected by the reform and could not retire until age 63 …

health variables. Concerning the evidence, we first find that a working spouse is more likely to retire the more recently the … poor health increases the retirement probability, we find that the husband's health affects the couple's retirement … decisions much more strongly than the wife's health does. Additional asymmetric effects are detected with respect to income …

. Option Value of Disability Insurance in Canada - Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle -- 4. Health Status, Disability, and … Retirement Incentives in Belgium - Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefebvre, and Sergio Perelman -- 5. Health, Disability Insurance, and … Blanchet, and Muriel Roger -- 7. Health, Financial Incentives, and Early Retirement: Microsimulation Evidence for Germany …