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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.
Sec. Geriatric Medicine
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1518936
This article is part of the Research Topic Challenges and Innovations in Healthcare Management and Long-Term Care for an Aging Society View all articles

The Impact of Spousal Retirement on Health--An Empirical Analysis Based on CFPS

Provisionally accepted
Ping Chen Ping Chen 1Han Liang Han Liang 1*Yufei Zhou Yufei Zhou 1Guodong Zhu Guodong Zhu 1Yu Peng Yu Peng 1Jiayi Yao Jiayi Yao 2
  • 1 Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
  • 2 University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

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    Introduction: Health 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. Methods: Utilizing 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.Results: Findings 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.Discussion: This 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.

    Keywords: Spouse Retirement, Health, regression discontinuity, Mechanism analysis, Mediating effect

    Received: 29 Oct 2024; Accepted: 27 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Chen, Liang, Zhou, Zhu, Peng and Yao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Han Liang, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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