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The Effects of Retirement on Health-Related Quality of Life of Retirement-Aged Adults for Four Marital Status Subgroups

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  • Chong-Hwan Son

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This study identifies the differences in the effects of retirement on physical/mental health as health-related quality of life (HRQOL) across marital status subgroups for the retirement-aged population from 2005 to 2016. This study conducts a Two-Stage least squares (2SLS) regression analysis using cross-sectional and time series data drawn from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The empirical results suggest that retirement is negatively associated with physical health outcomes, whereas retirement is positively associated with mental health outcomes. Divorced men who are retired are likely to have 2.028 more physically unhealthy days per month than divorced men who are employed. Widowed or never married women who are retired are likely to have 2.208 and 2.203 respectively more physically unhealthy days than widowed or never married women who are employed. These retired females in the marital status subgroups have the worst negative retirement effect on physical health. Divorced respondents who are retired are likely to have 1.478 and 1.129 more mentally unhealthy days per month for males and females respectively than the counterparts of those who are employed. In conclusion, this study finds the existence of disparities in the effects of retirement on HRQOL, such as physical/mental health outcomes by marital status.

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  • Chong-Hwan Son, 2020. "The Effects of Retirement on Health-Related Quality of Life of Retirement-Aged Adults for Four Marital Status Subgroups," International Journal of Economic Sciences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, vol. 9(1), pages 179-201, June.
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    Keywords

    Health-Related Quality of Life; Early Retirement Age; Full Retirement Age; BRFSS; Mental Health; Physical Health; Instrument Variables.;
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    JEL classification:

    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being

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