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An Empirical Study On The Health Of Retirement To The Working Population

Posted on:2017-07-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W T LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2347330536983828Subject:Economics, Population, Resources, and Environmental Economics
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With the aging of Chinese intensified,the demographic dividend gradually less,the phenomenon of large pension gap,delay retirement to discuss more and more fierce.Most of the articles on the study of retirement problems,from a healthy perspective is often neglected.On the basis of combing the relationship between retirement and health,this paper analyzes the impact of retirement on the health status of the elderly from the health perspective.The study would help individuals to improve their understanding of their health,increase the well-being of the elderly,and also provide a new vision for the implementation of delayed retirement plan.This paper,using the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS),mandatory retirement ages as instrumental variable,studed the effect of retirement for the elderly health by fuzzy regression discountinuity design(FRD)The main conclusions of this paper: Chinese compulsory retirement system has a significant negative impact on male health;there is no impact on female health.The impact of retirement on men is mainly caused by the impact of male mental health,That is,retirement will increase the degree of depression in men and lead to mental health decline.Based on men's health behavior,time allocation and medical resource application,the study found that retirement does not improve the utilization medical of male,not change men smoking habits and their physical exercise,but retirement will change male drinking habits,and increase their leisure time.By sub-sample regression this study also found that low education level and the greater the housing size the male population more vulnerable to the impact of retirement.Finally,this paper raises corresponding policy recommendations to improve personal health and better implementation of delayed retirement policies.
Keywords/Search Tags:delayed retirement, health, fuzzy regression discountinuity, policy suggestion
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