How Does Retirement Affect Health?

Stefanie Behncke

No 4253, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of retirement on various health outcomes. Data stem from the first three waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). With this informative data, non-parametric matching methods can be applied to identify causal effects. It is found that retirement significantly increases the risk of being diagnosed with a chronic condition. In particular, it raises the risk of developing a cardiovascular disease and being diagnosed with cancer. Estimates also indicate that retirement has quite diverse effects for different individuals.

Keywords: retirement; matching methods; health; ELSA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 J14 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 55 pages
Date: 2009-06
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Published - published as 'Does retirement trigger ill health?' in: Health Economics, 2012, 21 (3), 282 - 300

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