Financial Incentives, Health and Retirement in Spain /

In this work we combine wage data from Social Security working histories and health information available in the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe to explore the link between health, financial incentives and retirement in Spain. Our results show that individuals in worse health quintiles are...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
García-Gómez, Pilar
Körperschaft:
National Bureau of Economic Research
Weitere Verfasser:
Jiménez-Martín, Sergi, Vall Castelló, Judit
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
In this work we combine wage data from Social Security working histories and health information available in the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe to explore the link between health, financial incentives and retirement in Spain. Our results show that individuals in worse health quintiles are, indeed, the more responsive to financial incentives as they prove to be less likely to retire when incentives to continue working increase.
Umfang:
1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
Anmerkungen:
February 2014.
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