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ArticleBMC public health2024

The effect of retirement on physical and mental health in China: a nonparametric fuzzy regression discontinuity study.

Ting Wang, Huizhen Liu, Xiaoqin Zhou, Changxi Wang

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Article in BMC public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers.

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Ting WangCenter of Biostatistics, Design, Measurement and Evaluation (CBDME), Department of Clinical Research Management, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Huizhen LiuCenter of Biostatistics, Design, Measurement and Evaluation (CBDME), Department of Clinical Research Management, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Xiaoqin ZhouCenter of Biostatistics, Design, Measurement and Evaluation (CBDME), Department of Clinical Research Management, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Changxi WangWest China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. changxi.wang@scu.edu.cn.
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Med-X for informatics, Sichuan University YGJC006National Natural Science Foundation of China 12201441Sichuan Science and Technology Program 23NSFSC3794
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWith the rapid aging of the domestic population, China has a strong incentive to increase the statutory retirement age. How retirement affects the health of the elderly is crucial to this policymaking. The health consequences of retirement have been debated greatly. This study aims to investigate the effects of retirement on physical and mental health among Chinese elderly people.

methodsThe data we use in this study comes from four waves (2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018) of the Harmonized China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (Harmonized CHARLS), a prospective cohort. We use the nonparametric fuzzy regression discontinuity design to estimate the effects of retirement on physical and mental health. We test the robustness of our results with respect to different bandwidths, kernel functions, and polynomial orders. We also explore the heterogeneity across gender and education.

resultsResults show that retirement has an insignificant effect on a series of physical and mental health outcomes, with and without adjusting several sociodemographic variables. Heterogeneity exists regarding gender and education. Although stratified analyses indicate that the transition from working to retirement leaves minimal effects on males and females, the effects go in the opposite direction. This finding holds for low-educated and high-educated groups for health outcomes including depression and cognitive function. Most of the results are stable with respect to different bandwidths, kernel functions, and polynomial orders.

conclusionsOur results suggest that it is possible to delay the statutory retirement age in China as retirement has insignificant effects on physical and mental health. However, further research is needed to assess the long-term effect of retirement on health.

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Mental HealthRetirementAgedChinaFemaleFuzzy LogicHealth StatusHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRegression AnalysisCHARLSChinese elderlyMental healthPhysical healthRegression discontinuity designRetirement

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