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The effect of retirement on healthcare utilization: Evidence from China

Zhang,Yi
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Salm,Martin
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van Soest,Arthur
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We examine the effect of retirement on healthcare utilization in China using longitudinal data. We use a nonparametric fuzzy regression discontinuity design, exploiting the statutory retirement age in urban China as a source of exogenous variation in retirement. In contrast to previous results for developed countries, we find that in China retirement increases healthcare utilization. This increase can be attributed to deteriorating health and in particular to the reduced opportunity cost of time after retirement. For the sample as a whole, income is not a dominating mechanism. People with low education, however, are more likely to forego recommended inpatient care after retirement.
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2018-11
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Tilburg University Research Output Collection
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retirement, healthcare utilization, fuzzy regression discontinuity design, China, I10 - General, J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; Economics of Disability; Non-Labor Market Discrimination†, J26 - Retirement ; Retirement Policies
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Zhang, Y, Salm, M & van Soest, A 2018, 'The effect of retirement on healthcare utilization: Evidence from China', Journal of Health Economics, vol. 62, pp. 165-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.09.009
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14602/70136
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