Discussion paper

DP20782 The Dynamic Effects of Health on the Employment of Older Workers: Impacts by Gender, Country, and Race

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), we estimate the impact of health on employment for individuals close to retirement age. Estimating the model separately by race and gender, we find that racial differences in employment can be partly explained by the worse health of minorities as well as the larger impact of health on employment for minorities.

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Citation

Blundell, R, J Britton, M Costa Dias, E French and W Zou (2025), ‘DP20782 The Dynamic Effects of Health on the Employment of Older Workers: Impacts by Gender, Country, and Race‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 20782. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp20782