Understanding the effect of retirement on health: Mechanisms and heterogeneity

Eibich, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.05.001

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“…Retirement is an important step that can affect health differently based on personal characteristics such as personality, social and material conditions, job characteristics, and whether or not individuals are voluntarily retired 26. A beneficial effect on physical health is possible through the reduction of job stress and the adoption of healthy lifestyle 27. On the other hand, a deleterious effect can occur through the loss of a valued job and the adoption of unhealthy lifestyle 22 27…”

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Assessment of the healthy worker survivor effect in the relationship between psychosocial work-related factors and hypertension

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ObjectivesThe healthy worker survivor effect (HWSE) usually leads to underestimation of the effects of harmful occupational exposures. HWSE is characterised by the concomitance of three associations: (1) job status–subsequent exposure, (2) job status–disease and (3) previous exposure–job status. No study has reported the coexistence of these associations in the relationship between psychosocial work-related factors and health. We assessed if HWSE is present when measuring the effects of cumulative exposure to psychosocial work-related factors on the prevalence of hypertension in white-collar workers.MethodsData were obtained from two timepoints (1991–1993 at baseline and 1999–2001 at follow-up) of a prospective cohort study. At baseline, the population was composed of 9188 white-collar employees (women: 49.9%) in Quebec City. Job strain as psychosocial work-related factor and blood pressure were measured using validated methods. Job status (retirees vs employees) at follow-up was self-reported. Multiple multilevel robust Poisson regressions were used to estimate prevalence ratios of hypertension and risk ratios of retirement separately by gender. We performed multiple imputations to control selection bias due to missing values.ResultsRetirement eliminated the subsequent exposure to job strain de facto and was associated with the reduction in the prevalence of hypertension in younger (−33%) and older (−11%) men and in older women (−39%). Job strain was associated with job status in younger men and in women of any age.ConclusionData showed the presence of HWSE in younger men and older women given the coexistence of the three structural associations.

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Assessment of the healthy worker survivor effect in the relationship between psychosocial work-related factors and hypertension

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“…As the age of the sample ranges from 39 to 88, the older participants are in retirement. Retirement might also be associated with less psychosocial stress because retired people are relieved from work-related strain [35]. Another possible explanation is that stress coping skills increase with the age [36].…”

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Different Psychosocial Factors Are Associated with Seasonal and Perennial Allergies in Adults: Cross-Sectional Results of the KORA FF4 Study

Harter¹,

Hammel²,

Krabiell

et al. 2019

Int Arch Allergy Immunol

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Background: Psychosocial factors are supposed to play a central role in the development of allergic diseases. Associations with seasonal and perennial forms of allergies have not been investigated, yet. Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the associations of psychosocial factors (social status, depression, generalized anxiety, psychosocial stress, Type-D personality) with seasonal, perennial, and other forms of allergies in adults. Method: The analysis of self-reported data of the KORA FF4 study was performed with SAS 9.4. The sample consisted of 1,782 study participants in the study region of Augsburg (39–88 years, 61 years, 51.1% female). Descriptive bivariate statistics and multinomial logistic regression models were performed. Age, sex, family predisposition, and smoking status were considered possible confounders. Moreover, several sensitivity analyses were carried out to check whether missing values distorted the results. Results: A positive association between generalized anxiety and seasonal allergies was found in the multivariate model. Depression was positively, and anxiety negatively, associated with perennial allergies. No association between the analyzed psychosocial factors and other forms of allergies could be found. Conclusion: The results support the relevance of psychosocial factors in association with allergies. Looking at the psychosocial factors, a separate consideration of seasonal and perennial allergies seems reasonable. Further longitudinal studies should investigate the direction of the associations, the underlying mechanisms, and other psychosocial factors, such as coping mechanisms, in confirmed allergies.

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“…The HRS sample, however, is restricted to households in which, at baseline, at least one household member was aged between 50 and 61. As job loss for many older workers may be a trigger for early retirement (Chan and Stevens 2004), these findings may simply indicate that job loss ending in retirement may have less severe mental health consequences since most evidence suggests that retirement improves mental health status (Eibich 2015).…”

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Job loss and the mental health of spouses and adolescent children

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Panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey are used to examine the impact of involuntary job loss on the mental health of spouses and adolescent children. Estimates from fixed effects models show that the mental health of women (but not men) declines following a spouse's job loss, but only if that job loss results in a sustained period of non-employment or if the couple experienced prior financial hardship or relationship strain. A negative effect of parental job loss on the mental health of adolescent children is also found but is restricted to girls. JEL Classification: I31, J10, J65

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Understanding the effect of retirement on health: Mechanisms and heterogeneity

Cited by 334 publications

References 37 publications

Assessment of the healthy worker survivor effect in the relationship between psychosocial work-related factors and hypertension

Assessment of the healthy worker survivor effect in the relationship between psychosocial work-related factors and hypertension

Different Psychosocial Factors Are Associated with Seasonal and Perennial Allergies in Adults: Cross-Sectional Results of the KORA FF4 Study

Job loss and the mental health of spouses and adolescent children

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