Publication: Fatal attraction? Extended unemployment benefits, labor force exits, and mortality
Fatal attraction? Extended unemployment benefits, labor force exits, and mortality
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Kuhn, A., Staubli, S., Wuellrich, J.-P., & Zweimüller, J. (2020). Fatal attraction? Extended unemployment benefits, labor force exits, and mortality. Journal of Public Economics, 191, 104087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104087
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We estimate the causal effect of a permanent and premature exit from the labor force on mortality. To overcome the problem of negative health selection into retirement, we exploit a policy change in Austria's unemployment insurance system that allows older eligible workers to exit the labor force 3 years earlier relative to comparable non-eligible workers. Using administrative data with precise information on mortality and retirement, we find that the policy change induces eligible men (women) to retire 5.5 (8.5) months earlier. Instr
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- Kuhn, Andreas
- Staubli, Stefan
- Wuellrich, Jean-Philippe
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Kuhn, A., Staubli, S., Wuellrich, J.-P., & Zweimüller, J. (2020). Fatal attraction? Extended unemployment benefits, labor force exits, and mortality. Journal of Public Economics, 191, 104087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104087
