estimates towards zero. -- Health ; retirement ; instrument ; causal effect …The magnitude of the effect that health has on the retirement decision has long been studied. We examine the reverse … relationship, whether or not retirement has a direct impact on later-life health. In order to identify the causal relationship, we …

Do people form correct expectations about the impact of retirement on their health? This paper looks at unexpected … the problem of reverse causality (running from health condition to retirement). Our findings indicate that retirement … is aligned with its actual consequence: retirement exerts a positive causal impact on health. …

both mental and physical health. In addition, individuals feel less financially constrained and are more optimistic about …

The magnitude of the effect that health has on the retirement decision has long been studied. We examine the reverse … relationship, whether or not retirement has a direct impact on later-life health. In order to identify the causal relationship, we … use unexpected early retirement window offers to instrument for retirement behavior. They are legally required to be …

We present a theory of the relation between health and retirement that generates testable predictions regarding the … interaction of health, wealth and financial incentives in retirement decisions. The theory predicts (i) that wealthier individuals … health events, proxied by unanticipated hospitalizations, to information on retirement decisions and actual incentives from …

the mechanisms that drive positive retirement program results, we find evidence that changes in individual health … introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … and above. The results point to three main conclusions. First, in addition to improvements in self-reported health, older …

retirement regulations moderate the effects, thus emphasizing the importance of maintaining good physical health in old age for …Individual cognitive functioning declines over time. We seek to understand how adverse physical health shocks in older … ages contribute to this development. By use of event-study methods and data from the USA, England and several countries in …

are likely to affect the returns to investments in health-promoting behaviours before retirement, with consequences for … individual health. Using the exogenous variation in minimum retirement age induced by a sequence of Italian pension reforms …By increasing the residual working horizon of employed individuals, pension reforms that raise minimum retirement age …

This paper considers the long-term effects of smoking on disability retirement. Exploiting population-wide registry … status and health. We also contribute by comparing effects on different diagnoses for which disability pension was granted …, thus shedding some light on the biological mechanisms linking smoking to disability retirement. We demonstrate a strong …

This paper considers an employee's retirement intentions and its influencing factors. The role of conflicts that an … employee experiences with his/her boss and the role of his/her health status are analyzed using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP …) data. Estimation results show that conflicts matter as well as an individual's health status when considering the …