The Impact of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Chinese Formal Sector Workers - Journal of Happiness Studies

Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study , we examine the impacts of retirement on subjective well-being (SWB) among formal sector workers in China .

We compare retirement based on labor force participation with those based on statutory retirement under the mandatory retirement policy on SWB .

We provide evidence for the reform of retirement postponement policies in China ..

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We would like to thank the China Health and Retirement Study team for providing data.

We acknowledge the financial support from the National Social Science Foundation of China .

This study was funded by the financial help from the Social Foundation of the Social Science of China and the National Science Foundation .

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