The dynamic effects of health on the employment of older workers: impacts by gender, country, and race

Richard Blundell (), Jack Britton, Monica Costa Dias, Eric French and Weijian Zou

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Abstract: Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), we estimate the impact of health on employment for individuals close to retirement age. Estimating the model separately by race and gender, we find that racial differences in employment can be partly explained by the worse health of minorities as well as the larger impact of health on employment for minorities.

Keywords: race; gender; health; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J01 R14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2026-06-30
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Published in Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 30, June, 2026, 34. ISSN: 2212-828X

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Working Paper: The Dynamic Effects of Health on the Employment of Older Workers: Impacts by Gender, Country, and Race (2022)
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