Health Economics
Null Effects of the State Pension Age on Mortality in the Netherlands
ABSTRACT Increasing the state pension (SP) age in the Netherlands from 65 years in 2012 to 67 in 2024 has been shown to cause individuals to work longer. This study addresses a concern regarding possible adverse health effects of an increased SP‐age, for example, because individuals trade health investments for working time. We empirically investigated the effects of individuals' SP‐age on their annual probability of dying (mortality)—our health measure—by using data for the period 2012–2022 of 1.6 million individu …