Unhealthy retirement?
Informazioni aggiuntive
Autori
Mazzonna F.,
Peracchi F.
Tipo
Articolo pubblicato in rivista scientifica
Anno
2017
Lingua
Italiano
Abstract
We investigate the causal effect of retirement on health and cognitive abilities by exploiting the
panel dimension of the first two waves of the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe
(SHARE) and the variation between and within European countries in old age retirement rules.
We show evidence of substantial heterogeneity in the effect of retirement across occupational
groups. In particular, we find that retirement increases the age-related decline of health and
cognitive abilities for most workers. On the other hand, we find evidence of a positive immediate
effect of retirement for those employed in highly physically demanding jobs.
Rivista
Journal of Human Resources
Volume
52
Numero
1
Pagina inizio
128
Pagina fine
151
Parole chiave
Aging; health; cognitive abilities; retirement; occupation.
