Using a Structural Retirement Model to Simulate the Effect of Changes to the OASDI and Medicare Programs
- 1 October 2004
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we specify a dynamic programming model that addresses the interplay among health, financial resources, and the labor market behavior of men in the later part of their working lives. The model is estimated using data from the Health and Retirement Study. We use the model to simulate the impact on behavior of raising the normal retirement age, eliminating early retirement altogether and introducing universal health insurance.Keywords
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