Retirement, social support and mental well-being: a couple-level analysis.

Kettlewell, N; Lam, J

Retirement, social support and mental well-being: a couple-level analysis.

Kettlewell, N

Lam, J

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Publisher:: Springer
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: European Journal of Health Economics, 2022
Issue Date:: 2022-09-16

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dc.contributor.author	Kettlewell, N https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0478-1372
dc.contributor.author	Lam, J
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-31T04:08:26Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-24
dc.date.available	2022-03-31T04:08:26Z
dc.date.issued	2022-09-16
dc.identifier.citation	European Journal of Health Economics, 2022
dc.identifier.issn	1439-3972
dc.identifier.issn	1618-7601
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/155773
dc.description.abstract	Social support is increasingly acknowledged as an important resource for promoting well-being. We test whether social support changes around retirement. We also examine whether social support moderates dynamics in mental well-being around retirement and consider both own and spouse's retirement drawing on a unique longitudinal, couple-level data set from Australia. We observe descriptively no effect of own or spouse's retirement on social support. However, those with high social support do experience a small but statistically significant improvement in mental well-being post retirement. Using pension eligibility as an instrument, we find that own retirement causally improves mental well-being for women and by a similar degree for those with low/high social support. We also estimate responses to life satisfaction and find evidence that spill-over benefits from spousal retirement are larger for individuals with low social support.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.relation.ispartof	European Journal of Health Economics
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s10198-021-01374-1
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dc.rights	This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Kettlewell, N., Lam, J. Retirement, social support and mental well-being: a couple-level analysis. Eur J Health Econ 23, 511–535 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-021-01374-1. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-021-01374-1
dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1402 Applied Economics
dc.subject.classification	Health Policy & Services
dc.title	Retirement, social support and mental well-being: a couple-level analysis.
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

Social support is increasingly acknowledged as an important resource for promoting well-being. We test whether social support changes around retirement. We also examine whether social support moderates dynamics in mental well-being around retirement and consider both own and spouse's retirement drawing on a unique longitudinal, couple-level data set from Australia. We observe descriptively no effect of own or spouse's retirement on social support. However, those with high social support do experience a small but statistically significant improvement in mental well-being post retirement. Using pension eligibility as an instrument, we find that own retirement causally improves mental well-being for women and by a similar degree for those with low/high social support. We also estimate responses to life satisfaction and find evidence that spill-over benefits from spousal retirement are larger for individuals with low social support.

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