Welcome to Research Repository UCD
Research Repository UCD is a digital collection of open access scholarly research publications from University College Dublin. Research Repository UCD collects, preserves and makes freely available publications including peer-reviewed articles, working papers and conference papers created by UCD researchers. Where material has already been published it is made available subject to the open-access policies of the original publishers. This service is maintained by UCD Library.
The role of health insurance in joint retirement among married couples
Files in This Item:
| File | Description | Size | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kapurk_article_pub_001.pdf | 137.68 kB | Adobe PDF | Download |
| Title: | The role of health insurance in joint retirement among married couples | Authors: | Rogowski, Jeannette Kapur, Kanika |
Permanent link: | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/257 | Date: | Apr-2007 | Online since: | 2008-06-18T16:08:47Z | Abstract: | Because the near-elderly have high expected medical expenditures, availability of health insurance is an important factor in their retirement decisions. Using Health and Retirement Study data collected in 1992-2002, the authors of this study investigate whether access to employer-provided retiree health insurance enabled dual working couples to time their retirement together--a behavior called "joint retirement." They find that when wives had employer-provided retiree health insurance, the likelihood of joint retirement more than doubled. The effect of retiree health insurance on overall employment patterns, in contrast, was modest: estimates indicate that a hypothetical change from universal availability of such insurance to its universal unavailability would have increased employment levels by only two percentage points. | Type of material: | Journal Article | Publisher: | School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University | Journal: | Industrial and Labor Relations Review | Volume: | 60 | Issue: | 3 | Start page: | 397 | End page: | 407 | Copyright (published version): | Copyright by Cornell University 2007 | Keywords: | Health insurance; Joint retirement | Subject LCSH: | Insurance, Health Retirees--Health and hygiene Married people--Retirement |
Other versions: | http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1279&context=ilrreview | Language: | en | Status of Item: | Peer reviewed |
| Appears in Collections: | Geary Institute Research Collection Economics Research Collection |
Show full item record
Page view(s) 20
121
checked on May 25, 2018
Download(s) 20
340
checked on May 25, 2018
Google ScholarTM
Check
This item is available under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland. No item may be reproduced for commercial purposes. For other possible restrictions on use please refer to the publisher's URL where this is made available, or to notes contained in the item itself. Other terms may apply.