Logo
Munich Personal RePEc Archive

What Explains the Difference in the Effect of Retirement on Health?: Evidence from Global Aging Data

Nishimura, Yoshinori and Oikawa, Masato and Motegi, Hiroyuki (2016): What Explains the Difference in the Effect of Retirement on Health?: Evidence from Global Aging Data.

This is the latest version of this item.

[thumbnail of MPRA_paper_77213.pdf]
Preview
PDF
MPRA_paper_77213.pdf

Download (778kB) | Preview

Abstract

This paper analyzes the reasons for differences in the effect of retirement on health estimated results in previous studies. We investigate these differences by focusing on the analysis methods used by these studies. Using various health indexes, numerous researchers have examined the effects of retirement on health. However, there are no unified views on the impact of retirement on various health indexes. Consequently, we show that the choice of analysis method is one of the key factors in explaining why the estimated results of the effect of retirement on health differ. Moreover, we re-estimate the effect of retirement on health by using a fixed analysis method controlling for individual heterogeneity and endogeneity of the retirement behavior. We analyze the effect of retirement on health parameters, such as cognitive function, self-report of health, activities of daily living (ADL), depression, and body mass index in eight countries. We find that the effects of retirement on self-report of health, depression, and ADL are positive in many of these countries.

Available Versions of this Item

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact us: mpra@ub.uni-muenchen.de

This repository has been built using EPrints software.

MPRA is a RePEc service hosted by Logo of the University Library LMU Munich.