Is there a consensus on the health consequences of retirement? A literature review
Garrouste, Clémentine; Perdrix, Elsa (2021), Is there a consensus on the health consequences of retirement? A literature review, Journal of Economic Surveys. 10.1111/joes.12466
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2021Journal name
Journal of Economic SurveysPublisher
Wiley
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Garrouste, ClémentineLaboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de Santé [Legos]
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Perdrix, Elsa
Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de Santé [Legos]
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Abstract (EN)
We investigate the causal effect of retirement on health through literature. We explore the potential mechanisms which explain three effects: the switch from employment to retirement, later retirement, and earlier retirement. The empirical strategies used to identify the causal effects are mainly based on the observation of changes in health status at the legal age for retirement entitlement or on reforms that have led to changes in retirement incentives. Literature renders possible to make several observations on the average effect estimation. Retirement leads to better self-reported health, less depression, a decrease in healthcare consumption, a decline in cognition and an ambiguous effect on physical health. Later retirement has no effect on mortality, decreases healthcare consumption, and has a negative or non-significant impact on self-reported health. Studies on the impact of earlier retirement are scarce due to few natural experiments exploiting such a variation. Lastly, some studies find evidence of heterogeneous effects by gender and occupational status. As there are relatively few studies on this aspect, the question should be seriously explored in future research.Subjects / Keywords
Health; Pension reform; RetirementRelated items
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