How does retirement affect health?

Arbeitspapier

This paper investigates the effects of retirement on various health outcomes. Data stem from the first three waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). With this informative data, non-parametric matching methods can be applied to identify causal effects. It is found that retirement significantly increases the risk of being diagnosed with a chronic condition. In particular, it raises the risk of developing a cardiovascular disease and being diagnosed with cancer. Estimates also indicate that retirement has quite diverse effects for different individuals.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4253

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen ; Health: General ; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination ; Retirement; Retirement Policies
• Subject: Retirement ; health ; matching methods ; ELSA ; Altersgrenze ; Gesundheit ; Alte Menschen ; Großbritannien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Behncke, Stefanie
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35716
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090703155
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET