The effects of a wife's retirement on her husband's mental health among older adults in China

被引：3
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作者：
Chen, Simiao [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Hao, Zhuang [4 ]
Barnighausen, Till [1 ,2 ,5 ,6 ]
机构：
[1] Heidelberg Univ, Fac Med, Heidelberg Inst Global Hlth HIGH, Heidelberg, Germany
[2] Heidelberg Univ, Univ Hosp, Heidelberg, Germany
[3] Chinese Acad Med Sci & Peking Union Med Coll, Beijing, Peoples R China
[4] Beihang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, 37 Xueyuan Rd, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China
[5] Africa Hlth Res Inst, Somkhele, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
[6] Harvard TH Chan Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Global Hlth & Populat, Boston, MA USA
来源：
APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2022年 / 29卷 / 20期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会; 比尔及梅琳达.盖茨基金会;
关键词：
Mental health; retirement; regression discontinuity design; spillover effect; REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGNS;
D O I：
10.1080/13504851.2021.1965081
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Previous studies indicate that the spillover effects of retirement on spousal health-related outcomes are likely to vary significantly by gender and social context. Using data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and adopting a regression discontinuity design, we examine the causal effects of a wife's retirement on her husband's mental health in urban China. In contrast to findings in Europe and Japan, we provide evidence showing improvements in husbands' mental health after wives' retirement. These results, along with previous studies, highlight the different roles retirement can play in spouses' health in different cultural and institutional settings and call for studies of such effects on a case-by-case basis.
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页码：1891 / 1896
页数：6
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