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Occupation, Retirement and Cognitive Functioning

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  • Shinya Kajitani

    (Meisei University)

  • Kei Sakata

    (Ritsumeikan University)

  • Colin McKenzie

    (Keio University)

  • Colin McKenzie

    (Keio University)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal impact of the duration of retirement on the cognitive functioning of male elderly workers in Japan using data from the National Survey of Japanese Elderly. We explore the effects of the career job on cognitive functioning by investigating how the occupational task requirements of a worker's career job such as physical demands, mathematical development, reasoning development, and language development impact on cognitive functioning after retirement. Our estimator takes account of the potential endogeneity of the duration of retirement and the left-censoring of the duration of retirement. Our empirical evidence suggests that mathematical tasks performed in a worker's career job reduce the deterioration of memory loss after retirement. In contrast, those who performed physically demanding tasks in their career job are more likely to suffer memory loss after retirement than those who did not perform such tasks.

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  • Shinya Kajitani & Kei Sakata & Colin McKenzie & Colin McKenzie, 2014. "Occupation, Retirement and Cognitive Functioning," Discussion Papers 27, Meisei University, School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:mei:wpaper:27
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    Cited by:

    1. Fabrizio Mazzonna & Franco Peracchi, 2017. "Unhealthy Retirement?," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 52(1), pages 128-151.
    2. Yoshinori Nishimura & Masato Oikawa & Hiroyuki Motegi, 2018. "What Explains The Difference In The Effect Of Retirement On Health? Evidence From Global Aging Data," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(3), pages 792-847, July.
    3. Kajitani, Shinya, 2015. "Which is worse for your long-term health, a white-collar or a blue-collar job?," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 228-243.
    4. Motegi, H. & Nishimura, Y. & Oikawa, M., 2016. "Retirement and Cognitive Decline: Evidence from Global Aging Data," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 16/11, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.

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    Keywords

    cognitive functioning; endogeneity; retirement; two stage estimation;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor

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