To Work or Not to Work? The Effect of Higher Pension Age on Cardiovascular Health
利用意大利行政数据，研究发现提高退休年龄仅对健康状况较差、从事体力要求高工作的退休人员有害，延迟退休一年使其心血管疾病住院风险增加约2.6个百分点。
This study investigates the effect of pension age on hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases using administrative social security and hospital discharge records in Italy. The endogeneity of the retirement decision is addressed using an instrumental variable strategy exploiting the exogenous variation in pension age determined by quarter of birth. Results indicate a detrimental effect of higher pension age only for retirees who, before retirement, were suffering worse health and were employed in lower quality and more physically demanding jobs. Among them, a 1‐year delay in pension claiming increases the risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases by approximately 2.6 percentage points.