Obesity around Retirement Age: International Comparison Using SHARE

Retirement and cognitive decline. A longitudinal analysis using SHARE data.

We show that a new measure of cognitive decline, that can be computed in longitudinal surveys where respondents perform the same recall memory tests over the years, is highly predictive of the onset of dementia. Using SHARE data, we investigate the way retirement affects cognitive decline over time controlling for age, education and other confounding factors. We find that retirement has a long-...

Retirement Incentives in Belgium: Estimations and Simulations Using SHARE Data

Retirement Incentives in Belgium: Estimations and Simulations Using SHARE Data The paper studies retirement behavior of wage‐earners in Belgium – for the first time using rich survey data to explore retirement incentives as faced by individuals. Specifically, we use SHARE data to estimate a model à la Stock and Wise (1990). Exploring the longitudinal nature of SHARELIFE, we construct measures o...

Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison.

*Beshears: Harvard Business School, Baker Library 439, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA 02163 ([email protected]); Choi: Yale School of Management, 165 Whitney Ave., P.O. Box 208200, New Haven, CT 06520 ([email protected]); Hurwitz: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 ([email protected]); Laibson: Dept. of Economics, Harvard University, Littauer Center...

Promoting and maintaining physical activity in the transition to retirement: a systematic review of interventions for adults around retirement age

It has been argued that transition points in life, such as the approach towards, and early years of retirement present key opportunities for interventions to improve the health of the population. Research has also highlighted inequalities in health status in the retired population and in response to interventions which should be addressed. We aimed to conduct a systematic review to synthesise i...

Retirement age declines