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Do cognitively stim...
Do cognitively stimulating activities affect the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age?
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- Baumann, I. (author)
- Center for Health Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland
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- Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Stockholms universitet,Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI),Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Fritzell, J. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Stockholms universitet,Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI),Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Lennartsson, Carin (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Stockholms universitet,Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI),Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Darin-Mattsson, A. (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI),Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Kåreholt, Ingemar, 1960- (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Stockholms universitet,Jönköping University,HHJ, Institutet för gerontologi,HHJ. ARN-J (Aging Research Network - Jönköping),Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI),Jönköping University, Sweden
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- Andel, R. (author)
- School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Dratva, J. (author)
- Center for Health Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland
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- Agahi, N. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Stockholms universitet,Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI),Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cambridge University Press, 2022
- 2022
- English.
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In: Ageing & Society. - : Cambridge University Press. - 0144-686X .- 1469-1779. ; 42:2, s. 306-330
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Abstract
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- In response to the rising financial pressure on old-age pension systems in industrialised economies, many European countries plan to increase the eligibility age for retirement pensions. We used data from Sweden to examine whether (and if so, how) retirement after age 65 - the eligibility age for basic pension - compared to retiring earlier affects older adults' (between ages 70 and 85) cognitive functioning. Using a propensity score matching (PSM) approach, we addressed the selection bias potentially introduced by non-random selection into either early or late retirement. We also examined average and heterogeneous treatment effects (HTEs). HTEs were evaluated for different levels of cognitive stimulation from occupational activities before retirement and from leisure activities after retirement. We drew from a rich longitudinal data-set linking two nationally representative Swedish surveys with a register data-set and found that, on average, individuals who retire after age 65 do not have a higher level of cognitive functioning than those who retire earlier. Similarly, we did not observe HTEs from occupational activities. With respect to leisure activities, we found no systematic effects on cognitive functioning among those working beyond age 65. We conclude that, in general, retirement age does not seem to affect cognitive functioning in old age. Yet, the rising retirement age may put substantial pressure on individuals who suffer from poor health at the end of their occupational career, potentially exacerbating social- and health-related inequalities among older people.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap -- Gerontologi, medicinsk/hälsovetenskaplig inriktning (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Other Medical and Health Sciences -- Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- cognition
- health outcomes
- leisure activities
- occupational activities
- propensity score matching
- retirement policy
- retirement timing
- aged
- article
- career
- case report
- clinical article
- female
- human
- human experiment
- male
- pension
- propensity score
- selection bias
- Sweden
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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