Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series, Center for Labor Studies,
Uppsala University, Department of Economics
No 2014:5: Early retirement and post retirement health
Daniel Hallberg (), Per Johansson and Malin Josephson ()
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Daniel Hallberg: Uppsala Center for Labor Studies, Postal: Department of Economics, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Per Johansson: Uppsala Center for Labor Studies, Postal: Department of Economics, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Malin Josephson: the Swedish Social Insurance Inspectorate (ISF), Postal: Department of Medical Sciences, University of Uppsala, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Abstract: This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to army employees 55 years of age or older. Before the offer was implemented in the Swedish defense, the normal retirement age was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals’ health within the age range 56-70, we find support for a reduction in both mortality and in inpatient care as a consequence of the early retirement offer. Increasing the mandatory retirement age may thus not only have positive government income effects but also negative effects on increasing government health care expenditures
Keywords: Health; mortality; inpatient care; retirement; health care; pensions; occupational pensions
42 pages, June 4, 2014
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