The short-term effects of retirement on health within couples: Evidence from France

Messe, Pierre‐Jean; Wolff, François‐Charles

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.12.008

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“…Retirement does not seem to affect health-care utilization. Messe and Wolff (2019) analyzing French labor force survey data make a distinction between the retirement effects on the health of the retiree but also the health of the partner. They find positive effects of retirement but only for workers in jobs with low physical burden.…”

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Mental Health Effects of Retirement

Picchio

Ours

2020

De Economist

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We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility age to the state pension in the Netherlands. We find that the mental effects are heterogeneous by gender and marital status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects mental health of both themselves and their partners. Single men retiring experience a drop in mental health. Female retirement has hardly any effect on their own mental health or the mental health of their partners. Part of the effects seem to be driven by loneliness after retirement.

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Mental Health Effects of Retirement

Picchio

Ours

2020

De Economist

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“…Figure 7 presents the point estimates on self‐reported health 17 . All studies find that the switch to retirement increases self‐reported health (Coe & Zamarro, 2011; Eibich, 2015; Hessel, 2016; Johnston & Lee, 2009; Messe & Wolff, 2019b; Zhu, 2016). 18 Studies on the impact of later retirement on self‐reported health show mainly non‐significant impact (see Table C3 in Appendix ).…”

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“…However, there are still few studies focusing on the heterogeneity by education and working group, and more research on this question would be necessary to build conclusive statement. One other interesting aspect recently discussed in the health‐retirement literature is to test the existence of spillover effects on the spouses' health (Bertoni & Brunello, 2017; Messe & Wolff, 2019b; Müller & Shaikh, 2018; Picchio & Ours, 2020). Assessing this effect matters to conduct a cost–benefit analysis of pension reforms.…”

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Is there a consensus on the health consequences of retirement? A literature review

Garrouste

Perdrix

2021

Journal of Economic Surveys

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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.

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“…These effects are heterogeneous: male health is not affected by the retirement of his spouse, while female health is negatively affected by the retirement of her partner. Analyzing French labor force survey data, Messe & Wolff (2019) find no cross-partner spillover effects of retirement on health. Picchio & Van Ours (2020) study cross-partner effects of retirement on health in the Netherlands.…”

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How Retirement Affects Mental Health, Cognitive Skills and Mortality; An Overview of Recent Empirical Evidence

Ours

2022

De Economist

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Retiring is an individual labor market transition that affects the personal life of the workers involved and sometimes the life of their partners. This paper presents an overview of recent studies on the effects of retirement on mental health, cognitive ability and mortality. The results are all over the place but on average it seems like at retirement mental health improves, cognitive skills deteriorate and mortality is not affected. However, there is substantial effect heterogeneity. The range of outcomes is partly related to heterogeneity in terms of personal characteristics, type of job, institutional arrangements, and whether retiring was voluntary or mandatory. The variation in empirical findings makes it hard to see the forest for the trees and advocate evidence-based retirement policies that take health effects into account. Nevertheless, introducing more individual flexibility in the timing of retirement is a worthwhile policy alternative since this seems to be unambiguously beneficial for the health of workers retiring.

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The short-term effects of retirement on health within couples: Evidence from France

Cited by 19 publications

References 36 publications

Mental Health Effects of Retirement

Mental Health Effects of Retirement

Is there a consensus on the health consequences of retirement? A literature review

How Retirement Affects Mental Health, Cognitive Skills and Mortality; An Overview of Recent Empirical Evidence

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