TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Kuhn, Andreas
AU  - Wuellrich, Jean-Philippe
AU  - Zweimüller, Josef
        TI  - Fatal Attraction? Access to Early Retirement and Mortality
        PY  - 2010/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5160
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5160
        AB  - We estimate the causal effect of early retirement on mortality for blue-collar workers. To overcome the problem of endogenous selection, we exploit an exogenous change in unemployment insurance rules in Austria that allowed workers in eligible regions to withdraw from the workforce up to 3.5 years earlier than those in non-eligible regions. For males, instrumental-variable estimates show a significant 2.4 percentage points (about 13%) increase in the probability of dying before age 67. We do not find any adverse effect of early retirement on mortality for females. Death causes indicate a significantly higher incidence of cardiovascular disorders among eligible workers, suggesting that changes in health-related behavior explain increased mortality among male early retirees.
        KW  - early retirement
KW  - mortality
KW  - premature death
KW  - health behavior
KW  - endogeneity
KW  - instrumental variable
        ER  -