The impact of retirement on the healthiness of food purchases

Marit Hinnosaar

No 619, Carlo Alberto Notebooks from Collegio Carlo Alberto

Abstract: The paper estimates the causal impact of retirement on the healthiness of food purchases. The identification strategy uses early and full retirement ages as instruments for retirement. Using household-level scanner data, I find that retirement increases fruit and vegetable purchases and overall healthiness of food purchases. I also find indirect evidence that retirement increases the time spent on shopping and food preparation: it increases shopping frequency and shifts purchases to fresh and unprepared food products. This suggests that time constraints might play a role in limiting healthy food consumption.

Keywords: Health behaviors; retirement; consumer behavior; dietary choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 I12 L66 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages 54
Date: 2020
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