IS LEISURE CONTAGIOUS? THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SICKNESS ABSENCE AND SPOUSAL RETIREMENT

Patrik Hesselius

National Institute Economic Review, 2009, vol. 209, issue 1, 104-115

Abstract: This paper studies the relationship between sickness absence and spousal retirement. Swedish panel data have been used to estimate the effects of both old-age retirement and disability retirement on average sickness absence during 1996 to 2001 for men and women. Spousal old-age retirement significantly increases female average long-term sickness absence by approximately one week per year, while spousal disability retirement yields a significant increase in average sickness absence for men by approximately one week and for women by approximately two weeks per year.

Keywords: Sickness absence; sickness insurance; health; retirement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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