Exploring the Effect of Retirement on Health in Japan
von: Masaaki Mizuochi
Springer-Verlag, 2021
ISBN: 9789811626388
Sprache: Englisch
103 Seiten, Download: 2620 KB
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| Preface | 6 | ||
| Contents | 8 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 10 | ||
| 1.1 The Aim of the Book | 10 | ||
| 1.2 Aging and Institutional Settings in Japan | 12 | ||
| 1.2.1 Rapid Aging Society | 12 | ||
| 1.2.2 Public Pension System and Labor Policy | 16 | ||
| 1.3 Analytical Framework: Economic Theory and Empirical Method | 18 | ||
| 1.3.1 Theoretical Consideration | 18 | ||
| 1.3.2 Empirical Method | 21 | ||
| 1.4 Empirical Findings in the Previous Literature | 23 | ||
| 1.4.1 Data in the Previous Literature | 23 | ||
| 1.4.2 Definitions of Retirement | 23 | ||
| 1.4.3 Effect on Health | 24 | ||
| 1.5 Data and Variables Used in the Book | 28 | ||
| 1.5.1 The Longitudinal Survey of Middle-Aged and Elderly Persons (LSMEP) | 28 | ||
| 1.5.2 Health Measure | 29 | ||
| 1.5.3 Retirement | 30 | ||
| 1.5.4 Age Trajectory of Retirement and Health | 30 | ||
| 1.5.5 Problem of Attrition | 30 | ||
| 1.6 Conclusion | 32 | ||
| References | 32 | ||
| 2 Short- and Long-Term Effects of Retirement on Health | 36 | ||
| 2.1 Introduction | 36 | ||
| 2.1.1 Effects of Retirement in the Short Term and Long Term | 36 | ||
| 2.1.2 Overview of This Chapter | 38 | ||
| 2.2 How Short- and Long-Term Effects Are Examined | 39 | ||
| 2.2.1 Data and Variables | 39 | ||
| 2.2.2 Health Change Comparison Before and After Retirement | 41 | ||
| 2.2.3 Estimation Method | 43 | ||
| 2.3 Average Effect of Retirement | 44 | ||
| 2.3.1 Summary Statistics | 44 | ||
| 2.3.2 Estimation Results of Average Effect of Retirement | 45 | ||
| 2.4 Short- and Long-Term Effects of Retirement | 47 | ||
| 2.4.1 Main Results | 47 | ||
| 2.4.2 Estimation on Subsamples: Gender, Education, and Occupational Characteristics | 50 | ||
| 2.5 Conclusion | 54 | ||
| References | 55 | ||
| 3 Does Lifestyle Prior to Retirement Matter? | 57 | ||
| 3.1 Introduction | 57 | ||
| 3.2 How to Estimate Different Effects of Retirement by Lifestyle Prior to Retirement | 60 | ||
| 3.2.1 Data and Variables | 60 | ||
| 3.2.2 Estimation Method | 63 | ||
| 3.2.3 Health Trajectory by Lifestyle Before Retirement | 63 | ||
| 3.3 Estimation Results | 68 | ||
| 3.3.1 Estimation Based on Health Behavior | 68 | ||
| 3.3.2 Estimation by Usual Activity | 70 | ||
| 3.4 Conclusion | 73 | ||
| References | 79 | ||
| 4 Effect of Retirement Timing on Health | 81 | ||
| 4.1 Introduction | 81 | ||
| 4.1.1 Delaying Retirement Timing | 81 | ||
| 4.1.2 Retirement Timing and Health Outcomes | 83 | ||
| 4.2 How the Effect of Retirement Timing Is Estimated | 86 | ||
| 4.2.1 Data, Health Measures, and Instruments | 86 | ||
| 4.2.2 Retirement | 87 | ||
| 4.2.3 Estimation Method | 87 | ||
| 4.3 Effects of Retirement Timing on Health | 89 | ||
| 4.3.1 Main Results | 89 | ||
| 4.3.2 Estimation on Subsamples: Gender, Education, and Occupational Characteristics | 93 | ||
| 4.4 Conclusion | 97 | ||
| References | 100 | ||
| Epilogue | 102 |