We estimate the impact of employer-provided retiree health insurance on the rate at which men aged 51-62 enter and exit the labor force and switch jobs. The models estimated are an approximation of the employment decision rules implied by a dynamic stochastic model of employment behavior of...

This paper reexamines the effect of health on the labor force behavior of older men using data from the Health and Retirement Study. Multiple measures of health are included in models of labor force behavior in order to estimate the impact of alternative combinations of self-reported status and...

We estimate the impact of employer-provided retiree health insurance on the rate at which men aged 51-62 enter and exit the labor force and switch jobs. The models estimated are an approximation of the employment decision rules implied by a dynamic stochastic model of employment behavior of...