[12月12日]卫生workshop

发布日期:2016-12-06 04:26    来源:北京大学国家发展研究院

时间:2016年12月12日下午13:00-15:00

地点: 万众楼小教室

主持人:刘国恩

主讲人:刘宏 (中央财经大学) 

 

Topic :

The Impact of Retirement on Cognitive Functioning: Evidence from Urban China

Abstract:

This paper aims at examining the causal effect of retirement on cognitive functioning using the data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. We control for potentially confounding age patterns of cognitive decline and correct for endogenous bias by exploiting the official retirement ages as exogenous instruments for individual retirement status. We find that retirement has a positive effect on cognitive functioning for men, but a negative effect on cognitive function for women. We explore the underlying features of the retirement-cognition mechanism. First, the beneficial effects of retirement are concentrated among men with higher education. Second, we show that the blue-collar male workers are likely to improve their cognitive functioning at retirement, while that is not the case the white-collar male worker. It indicates that relative efficiency of cognitive repair on and off the job is an important factor behind the impact of retirement on cognitive ability. Third, we also provide evidence that the blue-collar male workers are more likely to have social interaction and intellectually stimulating activities at retirement.

Speaker:

刘宏,2007年毕业于纽约州立大学石溪分校,获经济学博士学位。2007年至今在中央财经大学中国经济与管理研究院从事科研与教学工作,现任教授、博士生导师,主要研究领域包括卫生经济学、劳动经济学和公共政策评估。刘宏在Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Comparative Economics, Health Economics, Applied Economics,China Economic Review等国际学术期刊上发表多篇英文论文;在《经济研究》、《经济学季刊》、《世界经济》等国内经济类期刊上发表多篇中文论文;主持国家自科基金课题2项、教育部纵向课题2项。2012年入选教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划,2013年入选北京市高校学校青年英才计划。