The effect of retirement on cognitive functioning

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 913-927

  Coe, Norma B ^a,e   Von Gaudecker, Hans Martin ^b,e   Lindeboom, Maarten ^c,d,e   Maurer, Jürgen ^f  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cognitive functioning; instrumental variables; retirement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SENESCENCE; WELLBEING; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863472235     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1771     Document Type: Article

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