Room: Phillips 219
Time: Wed 10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Health and Labor Force Exits

Chair: Norma Coe (Boston College)

Session Description

Session Description: The purpose of this session is to explore advances in modeling the relationship between health and labor market participation near standard retirement ages. Using diverse approaches, the three papers in this session extend the literature by the role of psychological well-being in the decisions to exit and re-enter the labor market, the relative role of health and financial incentives in the decision to leave the labor market, and the role (increasing) medical expenditures play in the retirement decision.

Key Terms health shocks, mental health, financial incentives, retirement, un-retirement

Session Organizer: Norma B. Coe (Boston College)

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Presentations

1. Burnout and the Retirement Decision

   Presenter: Nicole Maestas (RAND)

   Discussant: Rena Conti (University of Chicago)

2. Spousal Health Shocks and the Timing of the Retirement Decision in the Face of Forward-Looking Financial Incentives

   Presenter: Courtney Van Houtven (Duke University)

   Discussant: Yaa Akosa Antwi

3. The Demand for Health, Retirement and the Rise in Health Expenditures

   Presenter: Raquel Fonseca Benito (RAND)

   Discussant: Natalia Zhivan (Tulane University)