Healthy retirement begins at school: educational differences in the health outcomes of early transitions into retirement.

ABSTRACT: The literature on socio-economic variations in the association between retirement timing and health is inconclusive and largely limited to the moderating role of occupation. By selecting the sample case of Mexico where a sizeable number of older adults have no or very little formal education, this study allows the moderating role of education to be tested properly. Drawing on panel data for 2,430 individuals age 50 and over from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) and combining propensity score matching models with fixed-effects regressions, this article investigates differences in the health effects of retirement timing between older adults with varying years of education. Subjective health is measured using a self-reported assessment of respondents' overall health and physical heal

SUBMITTER: Allel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8188825 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature