Delayed Retirement: Effects on Health and Healthcare Utilization

Anne Katrine Borgbjerg, Hans Sigaard, Michael Svarer and Rune Vejlin

No 12628, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We estimate the impact of an increase in the early retirement age (ERA) on labor supply, health, and healthcare use using a regression discontinuity design. Raising the ERA increased employment and use of public transfers. Effects on GP visits and painkiller use are precisely estimated, small, and insignificant, while antidepressant and cardiovascular drug use increased slightly, but only borderline significantly. Those induced to work had lower pre-reform income and wealth, whereas those not working despite exposure had poorer pre-reform health. We argue that possibilities for exiting employment serve as a mitigating mechanism by sorting vulnerable individuals out of employment.

Keywords: retirement reforms; health; healthcare utilization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 J18 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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