Late life transitions and social networks: The case of retirement

Jason Fletcher

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 125, issue 3, 459-462

Abstract: I use SHARE social networks data from 16 countries to examine retirement impacts on social networks. I extend the literature by using across-country differences in pension eligibility ages as instruments to show limited impacts of retirement on social network outcomes.

Keywords: Social networks; Retirement; Instrumental variables; Social isolation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 J14 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.10.004

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