Work, Retirement, and Depression.
Work, Retirement, and Depression.
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DOI：
10.1007/s12062-010-9018-0
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
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2
通讯作者：
Smith, James P
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作者：
Lee, Jinkook;Smith, James P
本研究探讨了抑郁症和劳动力参与之间的关系，通过检查是否退休导致抑郁症或抑郁症阻碍劳动力参与。样本是从新获得的，全国代表性的数据，这些50-64岁，使用2006年韩国老龄化纵向研究。我们模拟了两个可能相互关联的结果：抑郁和工作。我们首先研究退休是否会影响抑郁症，使用韩国劳动力的强制性退休规定，以确定退休的途径，是不是抑郁症的后果。然后，我们估计目前的工作使用工具变量抑郁症的决定因素。我们发现，强制退休与随后的抑郁症无关，但发现证据表明，抑郁症导致劳动力参与减少，使用工具变量预测受访者中抑郁症状的存在后。我们发现强有力的证据表明，抑郁症导致劳动力参与率下降。虽然退休人员往往比工人更抑郁，但导致退休的原因，如健康状况不佳，照顾责任和找不到工作，也与抑郁症有关。
This study investigates the relationship between depression and labor force participation by examining whether retirement induces depression or depression discourages labor force participation. The sample is drawn from newly available, nationally representative data of those 50–64 years old using the 2006 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging. We model two possibly inter-related outcomes; depression and work. We first examine whether retirement influences depression, using the mandatory retirement provisions of the Korean labor force to identify a pathway to retirement that is not a consequence of depression. We then estimate the determinants of current work using instrumental variables for depression. We find that mandatory retirement is not associated with subsequent depression but find evidence that depression leads to reduced labor force participation, after using instrumental variables to predict the existence of depressive symptoms among respondents. We find strong evidence that depression leads to reduced labor force participation. Although retirees are often more depressed than workers, the causes that induce retirement, such as poor health, care-giving responsibilities, and inability to find a job, are also associated with depression.