Healthier lifestyles after retirement in Europe? Evidence from SHARE

Martina Celidoni () and Vincenzo Rebba ()
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Martina Celidoni: University of Padova

No 201, "Marco Fanno" Working Papers from Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno"

Abstract: This paper investigates changes in health behaviours upon retirement, using data drawn from the Survey of Health Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). By exploiting changes in eligibility rules for early and normal retirement, we identify the causal effect of retiring from work on smoking, alcohol drinking, engagement in physical activity and visits to the general practitioner or specialist. We provide evidence about heterogeneous effects related to gender, education, net wealth, early-life conditions and job characteristics. Results show that changes in health behaviours occur upon retirement and may be a key mechanism through which the latter affects health. We find heterogenous effects related especially to gender, education and job characteristics.

Keywords: retirement; health behaviour; fixed effects; instrumental variables. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J14 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2015-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age, nep-eur and nep-hea
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Journal Article: Healthier lifestyles after retirement in Europe? Evidence from SHARE (2017)
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