title: The causal effect of retirement on mortality: Evidence from targeted incentives to retire early.
abstract: This paper estimates the impact of early retirement on mortality using Dutch administrative micro panel data. An unexpected temporary decrease in the eligibility age for retirement benefits for civil servants is used to instrument the retirement choice. We find that induced early retirement decreased the probability that a man dies within 5 years by 2.6 percentage points. The result is robust to alternative specifications and data selection criteria.
authors.affiliation: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.|Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.|Netspar, Tilburg, the Netherlands.|IZA Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bloemen
authors.affiliation: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.|Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.|Netspar, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hochguertel
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jochem
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4131-1708
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zweerink
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009042:Motivation; D009426:Netherlands; D012042:Registries; D012179:Retirement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: instruments; mortality; retirement