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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2016

Special issue on “Population ageing”

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Refereed Articles

A unifying framework for the study of population aging
Warren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov

Towards a reconceptualising of population ageing in emerging markets
Stuart Gietel-Basten, Sergei Scherbov and Warren Sanderson

Population ageing dynamics in the North Atlantic region of the Arctic
Anastasia Emelyanova and Arja Rautio

Certain characteristics of population ageing using a prospective approach: Serbia as a case study
Jelena Stojilkovic Gnjatovic and Mirjana Devedzic

The impact of physical health on the postponement of retirement
Michael Boissonneault and Joop de Beer

Adjusting prospective old-age thresholds by health status: empirical findings and implications. A case study of Italy
Elena Demuru and Viviana Egidi

Measuring dependency ratios using National Transfer Accounts
Mikkel Christoffer Barslund and Marten von Werder

Subjective survival expectations and observed survival: How consistent are they?
Alberto Palloni and Beatriz Novak

Time-to-death patterns in markers of age and dependency
Tim Riffe, Pil H. Chung, Jeroen Spijker and John MacInnes

A cross-national comparison of 12 biomarkers finds no universal biomarkers of aging among individuals aged 60 and older
David H. Rehkopf, Luis Rosero-Bixby and William H. Dow
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The impact of physical health on the postponement of retirement

    Michael Boissonneault , Joop de Beer

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2016, pp. 107-130, 2018/03/12

Special issue on “Population ageing”

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2016s107


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doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2016s107

Abstract

To mitigate the effects of population ageing, measures aimed at encouraging people to work longer are being implemented in many countries. However, older people are usually in poorer physical health, and poorer physical health is associated with premature labour force withdrawal. We investigate whether the age-related decline in physical health represents a hurdle to higher labour force participation levels at older ages by proposing a simulation in which the age profile of physical health stays constant over time, while all other factors that predict labour force participation are postponed. The model is fitted using data collected by the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) in 14 European countries. The results show that on average across these countries, the effect of health on labour force participation levels is small. This effect is slightly bigger in countries in which labour force participation levels and the share of the population receiving disability benefits are already high. Thus, the decline in physical health with age should not greatly limit the effectiveness of policies designed to encourage employment at older ages.

Keywords: Demography; Aging; Retirement; Health

Published Online: 2018/03/12

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