Mental Health Effects of Retirement

Mental Health Effects of Retirement

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 h...

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Published in:De Economist (Netherlands) Vol. 168; no. 3; pp. 419 - 452
Main Authors: Picchio, Matteo, Ours, Jan C. van
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01-09-2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Discontinuity
Economic Policy
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
Economics
Economics and Finance
Health status
Marital status
Men
Mental health
Microeconomics
Public Finance
Retirement
Single persons
Happiness
Well-being
Health
H55
Regression discontinuity design
J14
Retirement
J26
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Summary: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. Partnered female retirement has hardly any effect on their own mental health or the mental health of their partners. Single persons retirement does not seem to have an effect on their mental health status.
ISSN:0013-063X
1572-9982
DOI:10.1007/s10645-020-09369-8