How does the retirement age affect the physical and mental health of seniors? We identify this effect based on the 1993 … potential influence of health on employment choices, we show that retirement improves physical and social health. The more … pension and the number of reference earning years taken to calculate pensions. We use a unique database on health and …

between La Réunion and France is persistent in the three dimensions of the HDI: health, education and even more in the … monetary income dimension. …

are tremendous. As the baby boom generation grows older, it is doubtful that ever-longer retirement will continue to be …). Nevertheless, as today's workers evaluate their own retirement security, and as policymakers and business leaders assess the … health issues. Finding ways to retain older workers, offering re-training and re-deployment if necessary, would make much …

-free. Second, the short job duration before retirement implies that the budgetary return and search incentives associated with the …. Finally, even in the special case where search intensity is zero close to retirement, perfect risk-sharing across unemployment … and retirement is welfare-improving thanks to the pension tax …