Retirement blues

•This paper analyses the effects of retirement on mental health in Europe.•Regular state pension ages are used for identification purposes.•We find no short-term effects, but a large negative longer-term impact.•There is no evidence of heterogeneous effects across different groups. This paper analys...

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Published in:	Journal of health economics Vol. 54; pp. 66 - 78
Main Author:	Heller-Sahlgren, Gabriel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.07.2017 Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects:	Age Age Factors Aged Depression - epidemiology Discontinuity Educational Status Europe - epidemiology Female Geriatrics Health behavior Health care expenditures Health economics Health services Humans Impact analysis Instrumental variables Interviews as Topic Male Men Mental Health Mental health services Middle Aged Occupations - statistics & numerical data Older people Pensions - statistics & numerical data Public health Reforms Regression analysis Retirement Retirement - psychology Robustness SHARE Thresholds Europe Mental health I10 Instrumental variables J14 SHARE Retirement J26
ISSN:	0167-6296, 1879-1646, 1879-1646
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