| ID | 161826 |
| Title Proper | Retirement and health |
| Other Title Information | evidence from China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Che, Yi |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | One typical feature of China's pension system is that retirement is mandatory. By exploiting the exogenous change created by this mandatory retirement policy, we use the mandatory retirement age as an instrument for retirement status to examine the effect of retirement on individual health using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). Our main finding is that the probability of “fair” or “poor” self-reported health among white-collar workers decreases by 34 percentage point after retirement. This result is generally robust to different model specifications, alternative measures of health, and different subsamples. In addition, we deliver evidence that increased health-related exercises and the cultivation of a better lifestyle are two possible channels through which retirement affects health. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Economic Review Vol. 49; Jun 2018: p. 84-95 |
| Journal Source | China Economic Review 2018-05 49 |
| Key Words | Health ; China ; Retirement ; Mandatory ; Retirement Age |