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 … for a reduction in both mortality and in inpatient care as a consequence of the early retirement offer. Increasing the …

people who retired, Conscientiousness was lower in and after the first year of retirement versus before. No other traits … differed around the start of retirement. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the start of working life might promote … personality maturation and that retirement might promote personality "relaxation. …