The Roles of Objective and Subjective Health Measures on Elderly Labor Supply Decisions
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Date
2017
Authors
Issabekova, Dinara
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Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities
Abstract
The U.S. elderly labor force participation rates (LFPR) has been increasing during
the last two decades. Using the Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) survey,
this paper analyzes the e ects of subjective and various objective health measures on
elderly labor force participation decisions in the U.S. over the time period 2002-2012.
The results were obtained for two age groups: 50-61 (where almost no one is eligible
for Social Security (SS) and pensions) and 70-81 (where almost everyone is covered
by SS and/or pensions). The empirical ndings suggest that elderly Americans drop
out of the labor force only if they subjectively rate their health as poor.
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Keywords
labor force participation rates, Health and Retirement Study, social security
Citation
Issabekova, Dinara (2017) The Roles of Objective and Subjective Health Measures on Elderly Labor Supply Decisions. Nazarbayev University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences.