Do cognitively stimulating activities affect the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/do-cognitively-stimulating-activities-affect-the-association-between-retirement-timing-and-cognitive-functioning-in-old-age/1094884853E3D175ADA2A5712CF5D17C" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/do-cognitively-stimulating-activities-affect-the-association-between-retirement-timing-and-cognitive-functioning-in-old-age/1094884853E3D175ADA2A5712CF5D17C</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20000847" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0144686X20000847</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Do cognitively stimulating activities affect the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age?

Original language description

In response to the rising financial pressure on old-age pension systems in industrialised economies, many European countries plan to increase the eligibility age for retirement pensions. We used data from Sweden to examine whether (and if so, how) retirement after age 65 - the eligibility age for basic pension - compared to retiring earlier affects older adults&apos; (between ages 70 and 85) cognitive functioning. Using a propensity score matching (PSM) approach, we addressed the selection bias potentially introduced by non-random selection into either early or late retirement. We also examined average and heterogeneous treatment effects (HTEs). HTEs were evaluated for different levels of cognitive stimulation from occupational activities before retirement and from leisure activities after retirement. We drew from a rich longitudinal data-set linking two nationally representative Swedish surveys with a register data-set and found that, on average, individuals who retire after age 65 do not have a higher level of cognitive functioning than those who retire earlier. Similarly, we did not observe HTEs from occupational activities. With respect to leisure activities, we found no systematic effects on cognitive functioning among those working beyond age 65. We conclude that, in general, retirement age does not seem to affect cognitive functioning in old age. Yet, the rising retirement age may put substantial pressure on individuals who suffer from poor health at the end of their occupational career, potentially exacerbating social- and health-related inequalities among older people.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30227 - Geriatrics and gerontology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

AGEING &amp; SOCIETY

ISSN

0144-686X

e-ISSN

1469-1779

Volume of the periodical

42

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

306-330

UT code for WoS article

000740744700005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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