The Health-Consumption Effects of Increasing Retirement Age Late in the Game

Eve Caroli (), Catherine Pollak () and Muriel Roger
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Eve Caroli: Legos - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de Santé - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Catherine Pollak: DREES - Centre de Recherche du DREES - Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité, LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Using the differentiated increase in retirement age across cohorts introduced by the2010 French pension reform, we estimate the health‑consumption effects of a 4‑month increase in retirement age. We focus on individuals who were close to retirement age but had not yet reached statutory retirement age by the time the reform was passed. Using administrative data on individual sick‑leave claims and health‑care expenses, we show that the probability of having at least one sickness absence increases for all treated groups, while the overall number of sickdays remains unchanged, conditional on having a sick leave. Delaying retirement does not increase the probability of seeing a general practitioner, except for men in the younger cohorts.In contrast, it raises the probability of seeing a specialist physician for all individuals, except men in the older cohorts. Delaying retirement also increases the probability of seeing a physio-therapist among women from the older cohorts. Overall, it increases health expenditures, in particular in the lower part of the expenditure distribution.

Keywords: Pension reform; retirement age; health; health‑care consumption; Réforme des retraites; âge de la retraite; santé; consommation de soins (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 2023, 538, pp.49-67. ⟨10.24187/ecostat.2023.538.2092⟩

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Working Paper: The Health-Consumption Effects of Increasing Retirement Age Late in the Game (2022)
Working Paper: The Health-Consumption Effects of Increasing Retirement Age Late in the Game (2022)
Working Paper: The Health-Consumption Effects of Increasing Retirement Age Late in the Game (2022)
Working Paper: The Health-Consumption Effects of Increasing Retirement Age Late in the Game (2022)
Working Paper: The Health-Consumption Effects of Increasing Retirement Age Late in the Game (2022)
Working Paper: The health-Consumption Effects of Increasing Retirement Age Late in the Game (2022)
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DOI: 10.24187/ecostat.2023.538.2092

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