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Ageing on the job: How raising retirement age affects work accidents.
| Τίτλος: | Ageing on the job: How raising retirement age affects work accidents. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Ardito C; European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy. Electronic address: chiara.ardito@ec.europa.eu., Cottini E; Department of Economics and Finance, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: elena.cottini@unicatt.it., Moroni G; Department of Economics, University of Venice, Venice, Italy. Electronic address: gloria.moroni@unive.it., Serrano-Alarcón M; European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra (VA), Italy. Electronic address: manuel.serrano-alarcon@ec.europa.eu. |
| Πηγή: | Economics and human biology [Econ Hum Biol] 2026 Sep; Vol. 62, pp. 101633. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Aug 10. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Elsevier Science Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 101166135 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-6130 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 1570677X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Econ Hum Biol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science, c2003- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Retirement*/statistics & numerical data , Accidents, Occupational*/statistics & numerical data , Occupational Injuries*/epidemiology , Employment*/statistics & numerical data , Aging*, Pensions/statistics & numerical data ; Sick Leave/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Italy ; Middle Aged ; Male ; Female ; Age Factors ; Aged |
| Περίληψη: | As populations age, many countries have increased the statutory retirement age to sustain pension systems and maintain labor supply. This article examines whether delayed retirement increases workplace accident risks, a potentially important but underexplored cost of pension reforms. We exploit the 2012 Italian pension reform - which sharply tightened eligibility requirements and abruptly raised the retirement age - to estimate its causal effects using administrative data on private-sector employees. Leveraging firm-level variation in exposure to the reform, we identify the impact of delayed retirement on both older workers compelled to remain employed and their coworkers. The reform led to a modest but statistically significant increase in sick leave due to occupational injuries equivalent to 2.6% of the pre-reform mean. This effect mainly reflects the direct impact on retained older workers, with no evidence of spillovers to coworkers. While the aggregate effect is limited, the adverse consequences are highly unevenly distributed, being concentrated in small firms (fewer than 15 employees) and in sectors with high physical or cognitive demands, such as manufacturing and professional or technical services. Overall, our findings highlight occupational safety as a potentially hidden and distributional cost of pension reforms aimed at extending working lives. (Copyright © 2026. Published by Elsevier B.V.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of competing interest All the authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Accidents at work; Pension reform; Retirement |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260819 Date Completed: 20260826 Latest Revision: 20260826 |
| Update Code: | 20260827 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ehb.2026.101633 |
| PMID: | 42617339 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
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