The impact of spousal retirement on health—an empirical analysis based on CFPS
IntroductionHealth impacts associated with spousal retirement vary significantly across countries and datasets, underscoring the need to examine this relationship within the Chinese context. This study aims to explore how spousal retirement affects individual health in China.MethodsUtilizing data fr...
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| description | IntroductionHealth impacts associated with spousal retirement vary significantly across countries and datasets, underscoring the need to examine this relationship within the Chinese context. This study aims to explore how spousal retirement affects individual health in China.MethodsUtilizing data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) for the years 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020, this research applies a fuzzy regression discontinuity approach to assess the effects of spousal retirement on health outcomes.ResultsFindings indicate that a wife’s retirement positively impacts her husband’s mental health but negatively affects his physical health. Conversely, a husband’s retirement improves his wife’s self-rated health. Further analysis reveals that a husband’s retirement significantly enhances his wife’s marital satisfaction, contributing to longer sleep durations and, subsequently, better self-rated health.DiscussionThis study highlights the nuanced effects of spousal retirement on individual health, with implications for understanding the marital and health dynamics within aging populations in China. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a3bafe1a045d4d5a8fed06f8327619212025-01-24T13:19:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2025-01-011110.3389/fmed.2024.15189361518936The impact of spousal retirement on health—an empirical analysis based on CFPSPing Chen0Han Liang1Yufei Zhou2Guodong Zhu3Yu Peng4Jiayi Yao5Dong Fureng Economic and Social Development School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaDong Fureng Economic and Social Development School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaDong Fureng Economic and Social Development School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaDong Fureng Economic and Social Development School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaDong Fureng Economic and Social Development School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Economics, University of Southampton, Southampton, United KingdomIntroductionHealth impacts associated with spousal retirement vary significantly across countries and datasets, underscoring the need to examine this relationship within the Chinese context. This study aims to explore how spousal retirement affects individual health in China.MethodsUtilizing data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) for the years 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020, this research applies a fuzzy regression discontinuity approach to assess the effects of spousal retirement on health outcomes.ResultsFindings indicate that a wife’s retirement positively impacts her husband’s mental health but negatively affects his physical health. Conversely, a husband’s retirement improves his wife’s self-rated health. Further analysis reveals that a husband’s retirement significantly enhances his wife’s marital satisfaction, contributing to longer sleep durations and, subsequently, better self-rated health.DiscussionThis study highlights the nuanced effects of spousal retirement on individual health, with implications for understanding the marital and health dynamics within aging populations in China.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1518936/fullspouse retirementhealthregression discontinuitymechanism analysismediating effect |
| spellingShingle | Ping Chen Han Liang Yufei Zhou Guodong Zhu Yu Peng Jiayi Yao The impact of spousal retirement on health—an empirical analysis based on CFPS Frontiers in Medicine spouse retirement health regression discontinuity mechanism analysis mediating effect |
| title | The impact of spousal retirement on health—an empirical analysis based on CFPS |
| title_full | The impact of spousal retirement on health—an empirical analysis based on CFPS |
| title_fullStr | The impact of spousal retirement on health—an empirical analysis based on CFPS |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of spousal retirement on health—an empirical analysis based on CFPS |
| title_short | The impact of spousal retirement on health—an empirical analysis based on CFPS |
| title_sort | impact of spousal retirement on health an empirical analysis based on cfps |
| topic | spouse retirement health regression discontinuity mechanism analysis mediating effect |
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