eprintid: 4706
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datestamp: 2024-08-19 07:50:06
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Peters, Ena
creators_id: S5750768
creators_email: e.peters.10@student.rug.nl
title: The Impact of Retirement on the Health of Older Adults & How Retirement Affects Social Inequality in Health
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Due to population ageing, more people in Europe are transitioning from work to retirement while retirement ages are increasing to sustain pension systems. Based on the theoretical background of the accumulation model and the sensitive period model of the life course approach to health, this thesis investigates how retirement impacts the health of older adults and how retirement affects socioeconomic inequalities in health. To analyse the causal effect of retirement on older adults’ self-perceived health, this thesis estimated multiple fixed-effects regression models using panel data from eight waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Results showed a significant positive within-person change in self-perceived health for individuals transitioning to retirement in anticipation of retirement, in the year of the event, and up to 2 years after. Moreover, the analysis suggested a health-preserving effect of retirement in the long term. Analysis revealed that the immediate impact of retirement on self-perceived health is comparable across individuals with a different socioeconomic status. Consequently, socioeconomic inequalities in health were not found to be affected by the event of retirement in a meaningful way. However, in the long term, the results suggested a decrease in the socioeconomic gap in health between individuals with a high and individuals with a low socioeconomic status.
date: 2024
pages: 87
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: POPST
tutors_name: Meijering, L.B.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_email: L.B.Meijering@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Retirement
keywords_local: Self-perceived health
keywords_local: Socioeconomic status
keywords_local: Inequality
keywords_local: Life course approach
keywords_local: Fixed-effects panel regression
keywords_local: SHARE
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-08-16
citation:   Peters, Ena  (2024) The Impact of Retirement on the Health of Older Adults & How Retirement Affects Social Inequality in Health.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4706/1/Master-ThesisEna-PetersUniversity-of-Groningen.pdf