I investigate how the relationship between health status and retirement among older men has changed since 1900 using …-participation among men at low and high BMI levels and the elasticity of non-participation with respect to BMI were greater than today …, suggesting that health is now less important to the retirement decision than in the past. The difference in the relative risk of …

longitudinal data for men aged 58-62 in 1969 in order to trace changes in labor force behavior near retirement age. Results …The labor force participation rate of older men under age 65 has shown a significant recent decline. Cross …-sectional studies linking early retirement to increased Social Security income have also made explicit or implicit temporal projections …

I investigate how the relationship between health status and retirement among older men has changed since 1900 using …-participation among men at low and high BMI levels and the elasticity of non-participation with respect to BMI were greater than today …, suggesting that health is now less important to the retirement decision than in the past. The difference in the relative risk of …

longitudinal data for men aged 58-62 in 1969 in order to trace changes in labor force behavior near retirement age. Results …The labor force participation rate of older men under age 65 has shown a significant recent decline. Cross …-sectional studies linking early retirement to increased Social Security income have also made explicit or implicit temporal projections …