Does retirement trigger ill health?

Health Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 282-300

  Behncke, Stefanie ^a  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ELSA; health; instrumental variable; matching methods; retirement

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856330484     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1712     Document Type: Article

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