Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

10-2020

Abstract

We examine the health impacts of early access to public pension wealth by exploiting a unique policy in Singapore allowing individuals to withdraw a proportion of their pension savings after their 55th birthday. For the identification, we employ a regression discontinuity design by comparing individuals before and after their 55th birthday. To address anticipated and lagged health impacts, we adopt the donut regression discontinuity approach. Using nationally representative monthly panel data, we find that early access to pension wealth improves self‐reported overall health.

Keywords

health, early access to pension wealth, regression discontinuity design

Discipline

Asian Studies | Behavioral Economics | Finance | Health Economics

Research Areas

Applied Microeconomics

Publication

Economic Inquiry

Volume

58

Issue

4

First Page

1783

Last Page

1794

ISSN

0095-2583

Identifier

10.1111/ecin.12903

Publisher

Wiley: 12 months

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12903

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