Understanding the Effect of Retirement on Health: Mechanisms and Heterogeneity

This paper investigates the mechanisms behind the health effects of retirement. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design to exploit financial incentives in the German pension system for identification, I find that retirement improves subjective health status and mental health, while also reducing out...

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Published in:	Journal of health economics Vol. 43; pp. 1 - 12
Main Author:	Eibich, Peter
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier 01.09.2015 Elsevier B.V Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects:	Aged Design engineering Discontinuity Economics Exercise Female Financial incentives Germany Gesundheitsfürsorge Health Health Behavior Health services Health Services - utilization Health Status Healthcare Heterogeneity Humans Identification Incentives Male Mental disorders Mental Health Methode Middle Aged Models, Econometric Monetary incentives Occupational health Occupational stress Outpatient treatment Pension plans Pensions - statistics & numerical data Personal Satisfaction Physical exercise Public health Regression Regression Analysis Regression Discontinuity Design Relief Rentner Retirement Retirement - economics Retirement - psychology Retirement - statistics & numerical data Sleep Socioeconomic Factors Studies Subjective judgments Subjectivity Time use Germany Regression Discontinuity Design Health Health behavior Healthcare I12 J14 Retirement J26
ISSN:	0167-6296, 1879-1646
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