TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Kim, Seonghoon
AU  - Koh, Kanghyock
        TI  - Does Early Access to Pension Wealth Improve Health?
        PY  - 2020/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13184
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp13184
        AB  - We examine the health impacts of early access to public pension wealth by exploiting a unique policy in Singapore allowing individuals to withdraw a proportion of their pension savings after their 55th birthday. For the identification, we employ a regression discontinuity design by comparing individuals before and after their 55th birthday. To address anticipated and lagged health impacts, we adopt the donut regression discontinuity approach. Using nationally representative monthly panel data, we find that early access to pension wealth improves self-reported overall health.
        KW  - early access to pension wealth
KW  - regression discontinuity design
KW  - health
        ER  -