Does the Definition of Retirement Matter in Estimating the Effects of Retirement on Cognitive Functioning
Does the Definition of Retirement Matter in Estimating the Effects of Retirement on Cognitive Functioning
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退休的定义对于估计退休对认知功能的影响重要吗
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2013
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C. McKenzie
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Shinya Kajitani;K. Sakata;C. McKenzie
本文的目的是研究退休对男性老年工人的认知功能的因果关系的影响，使用三波日本老年人全国调查（NSJE）的数据。我们研究了退休的定义如何影响Kajitani等人的发现。（2013）他们研究了任期最长的工作（职业工作）对认知功能的影响。在这里，我们使用的是退休状态，而不是退休时间。我们使用的两步估计器考虑了退休状态的潜在内隐性，使用个人有资格开始领取养老金的年龄以及他们的职业工作是否是自营职业作为工具。我们的经验证据表明，在一个人的职业生涯的工作要求有统计上显着影响退休后的认知功能。Kajitani等人无论退休的定义如何，他（2013）的研究结果都是强有力的。
The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal impact of retirement on the cognitive functioning of male elderly workers using data from three waves of the National Survey of Japanese Elderly (NSJE). We examine how the definition of retirement affects the findings of Kajitani et al. (2013) where they examined the effects of the longest tenure job (career job) on cognitive functioning. Here, we use the status of retirement rather than the duration of retirement. The two step estimator we use takes account of the potential endogeneity of the status of retirement, using the age at which individuals are eligible to start receiving pension benefits and whether their career job was self-employment as instruments. Our empirical evidence suggests that the requirements in a person's career job have statistically significant impacts on the cognitive functioning after retirement. Kajitani et al.'s (2013) findings are found to be robust irrespective of the definition of retirement.