آیا تاخیر حداقل سن بازنشستگی رفتارهای سالم را قبل از بازنشستگی بهبود می بخشد؟ شواهد از کارگران ایتالیایی میانسال

By increasing the residual working horizon of employed individuals, pension reforms that rise minimum retirement age can affect individual investment in health-promoting behaviors before retirement. Using the expected increase in minimum retirement age induced by a 2004 Italian pension reform and a difference-in-differences research design, we show that middle-aged Italian males affected by the reform reacted to the longer working horizon by increasing regular exercise, with positive consequences for obesity and self-reported satisfaction with health.