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. 2007 Aug 10;4(3):183–190. doi: 10.1007/s10433-007-0062-4

Table 6.

Linear probability model estimates of the effect of health shock on retirement for men

The effect of CSR Without age restriction With age restriction (52–61 years)
Pre-1994 Post-1994 Pre-1994 Post-1994
Acute health event 0.076 (0.013) 0.075 (0.008) 0.078 (0.014) 0.080 (0.009)
R 2 0.198 0.114 0.197 0.125
No. of person-year observation 43,681 210,712 38,597 171,303
The effect of subsidised jobs Without age restriction With age restriction (58–67 years)
Pre-1998 Post-1998 Pre-1998 Post-1998
Acute health event 0.082 (0.008) 0.033 (0.020) 0.089 (0.012) 0.031a (0.020)
R 2 0.128 0.064 0.071 0.064
No. of person-year observations 220,932 33,461 104,870 32,403

Controls for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and subsidised jobs, respectively, added. Regressions include dummies for chronic illness, accident, age, education, industry/occupation, year and wealth. Standard error in parentheses

aCoefficient not significant at a 10% level