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Capability, Health, And The Labour Market – The Retirement Decision

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  • Bolin, Kristian

    (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)

  • Lood, Qarin

    (Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Health and Rehabilitation, Sahlgrenska Academy, Centre for Ageing and Health – AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden)

Abstract

The time of retirement is analyzed in a theoretical framework taking capability and health into account. Capability if formalized as a stock characteristic which determines the attained amounts of a composite good which yields utility. The model is purposely simple and comprises one choice variable – the time of retirement. The core assumption is that inherited capability influences the rate of evolvement of health, and vice versa, and that the rates of change of the stocks differ between the pre- and post-retirement periods. The optimal retirement timing decision is characterized and the effects of the model’s exogenous variables on this decision are examined. We derive refutable comparative statistics results with respect to the model’s exogenous variables, and, for example, show – for a specified version of the model – how the timing of retirement depends on the inherited amounts of capability and health.

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  • Bolin, Kristian & Lood, Qarin, 2021. "Capability, Health, And The Labour Market – The Retirement Decision," Working Papers in Economics 810, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
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    Capability; Health; Retirement;
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    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General

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