The effect of retirement on social relationships

Simona Comi, Cottini Elena () and Lucifora Claudio ()
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Cottini Elena: 9371 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy
Lucifora Claudio: 9371 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy

German Economic Review, 2022, vol. 23, issue 2, 275-299

Abstract: We analyze the causal effect of retirement on individual social relationships using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. We find that retirement changes the composition of the individual’s social network, inducing a substitution between weak (friends or colleagues) and strong ties (family), along with an increase in the intensity of the surviving ties, and there is no effect on the network’s size. These changes in the social network’s composition are associated with a higher satisfaction and stronger relationships. Interestingly, females reduce the share of friends while males that of colleagues.

Keywords: retirement; social relationships; emotional closeness; ageing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C26 J14 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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