Current Events > Retiring early could actually harm your health, new study says

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As they grow older, many Americans begin to think about the best time to retire.

Yet a new study throws some warning signs around that decision as retiring early could actually worsen people's health.

A recent paper published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization suggests that early retirement may accelerate cognitive decline in late adulthood.

"Participants in the program report substantially lower levels of social engagement, with significantly lower rates of volunteering and social interaction than non-beneficiaries," said lead author Plamen Nikolov, assistant professor of economics at Binghamton University, State University of New York at the time of publication, in a press release about the study.

"We find that increased social isolation is strongly linked with faster cognitive decline among the elderly," he also said.[]

https://www.foxnews.com/health/you-retire-early-you-could-harming-health-study

Lol, clearly not a bullshit piece about trying to keep people in the labor market.

The trick is to get a hobby that you enjoy doing.

Pipotchi posted...

foxnews

nope

"The number-one killer of old people is retirement" has been a saying long before this study was published.

Dying slightly earlier with the benefit of being able to actually retire sounds great. I do think this study is capitalist right wing bias though considering the source lol

that's cool, I'll just make a point to read and do puzzles every day.

LeCh0nk posted...

The trick is to get a hobby that you enjoy doing.

Yeah it only harms your health if you just sit around doing nothing

Forest_Temple posted...

Yeah it only harms your health if you just sit around doing nothing

Gotta exercise as well but yeah. You have to remain active or your body crumbles and it does so especially fast for the elderly.

--Zero- posted...

Dying slightly earlier with the benefit of being able to actually retire sounds great. I do think this study is capitalist right wing bias though considering the source lol

Journal of Economic behavior and organization. Clearly not a right wing bullshit think tank. /s

"Participants in the program report substantially lower levels of social engagement...and social interaction than non-beneficiaries,"

What's the problem here?

ScazarMeltex posted...

Lol, clearly not a bullshit piece about trying to keep people in the labor market.

i didnt even read the article, just came in to post this after seeing the topic title