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Retirement Effects on the Health of the Elderly in the City of São Paulo

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  • André Gal Mountian
  • Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, Maria Lúcia Lebrão, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte

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This article analyzes the effects of retirement on health of elderly residents in the city of São Paulo, between the years 2000 and 2010. In a context of population aging, it is important to know the effects of labor market exit on health of older people. We use data from Saúde, Bem Estar e Envelhecimento (SABE), longitudinal dataset with elderly in São Paulo. The fixed effect and fixed effects with instrumental variable models were estimated to take into account the possible simultaneity of the decision to stop working and the health status of individuals. Our estimates indicate that retirement improves mobility indicators, especially for men. This result suggests that an increase or setting the minimum retirement age in Brazil may be ccompanied by a rise in spending on health system

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  • André Gal Mountian & Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, Maria Lúcia Lebrão, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, 2016. "Retirement Effects on the Health of the Elderly in the City of São Paulo," Working Papers, Department of Economics 2016_25, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP).
    • Handle: RePEc:spa:wpaper:2016wpecon25
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    Keywords

    Retirement; Health; Elderly; Fixed Effects; Instrumental Variable;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation

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