The policy version of my paper on the impact of retirement on health has been released. It has received broad coverage, with BBC Breakfast, Radio 4 Today Programme, BBC News, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent and the Daily Mail among many other outlets in the UK. IEA people have been giving more than 20 interviews (I've given four myself), and the paper has also been covered in media all over the world, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, and China.
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Monday, 1 October 2012
Retirement is bad for your health
In the past months, I've been working on a paper on the impact of retirement on health. The academic version has now been relased as a Working Paper at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics. In general, I find negative medium- to long-term effects of being retired and spending longer time in retirement on various health metrics. The short-term effects, however, differ entirely and might even be positive.
The policy implication is that reforms incentivising people to work longer may be very beneficial indeed - they can make pension systems solvent, decrease expenditure on health care among the elderly, as well as improve people's health. Win, win, win.
The policy implication is that reforms incentivising people to work longer may be very beneficial indeed - they can make pension systems solvent, decrease expenditure on health care among the elderly, as well as improve people's health. Win, win, win.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)