Essays about: "Retirement Ages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Retirement Ages.

  1. 1. Retirement Transitions and Health Outcomes - A Panel Study using SHARE Data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Charlotte Linnea Möller-Madsen; [2023]
    Keywords : Retirement; Health; Instrumental variable; Fixed effects; SHARE; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : A growing ageing population and pressures on the public pension system have opened up a conversation on how to best care for the elderly, but also the financial realities of supporting them through retirement. With many countries either considering to implement, or having already implemented increases in pension eligibility ages, a relevant question is then how this impacts the health and well-being of those affected, and through which mechanisms these changes occur. READ MORE

  3. 2. Yet Another Brick in the Wall - Investigating whether education is causally related to dementia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alva Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Dementia; education; causal estimation; compulsory schooling reforms; health economics; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper empirically investigates the relationship between education and risk of developing dementia. From a large body of literature, it is well known that higher education associates with better health. This is true both for health in general, but also for more specific diseases like Alzheimer’s. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mandatory Retirement’s Effect on Mutual Agreement Severance Pay : Evidence from a Swedish Reform

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Henning Ottmer; [2020]
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    Abstract : With a novel approach, I study the utility of mandatory retirement clauses in labor contracts, by using severance payment deals to measure employers’ willingness to pay to get rid of olderworkers. I compile a data set covering 5,363 incidences of severance payments from a sampleof Swedish public employers. READ MORE

  5. 4. Work stressors across midlife and cognitive and physical impairment in older age

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Shadi Kiasat; [2020]
    Keywords : Work stressors; control; passive jobs; older age; cognitive impairment; physical impairment;

    Abstract : Psychosocial working conditions play a significant role for health during working age, as well as in post-retirement life. However, little is known about the impact of work stressors on cognitive and physical impairment assessed in combination. READ MORE

  6. 5. How does increased retirement age affect women’s employment and health? Evidence from Italy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Albin Palmqvist; [2019-10-02]
    Keywords : Pension reform; Blue Collar; Difference-in-difference;

    Abstract : This paper uses a pension reform in Italy to estimate how increased retirement age affect employment and health for women on the cusp of retirement. Using variation between birth cohorts and employing a difference-in-difference design, I estimate that an increase in retirement age by 2.75 or 3. READ MORE