This paper investigates the mechanisms behind the health effects of retirement. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design … subjective health status and mental health, while also reducing outpatient care utilization. I explore a wide range of health … sleep duration as well as more frequent physical exercise seem to be key mechanisms through which retirement affects health. …

Based on a dynamic life cycle model, this study analyzes health-related risks of consumption and old-age poverty. The … model allows for health effects on employment risks, on productivity, on longevity, the correlation between health risks … employees and an extended expectation-maximization algorithm. Simulations suggest that health shocks induce average losses in …