Bad for your health: retirement has 'harmful' effect

Analysis from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) found health is harmed in the medium and long term post-retirement, after an initial small boost. It said people should work longer for their health, as well as economic reasons. The paper, Work longer, live healthier, stated: "Higher state pension ages are not only possible (given longer life expectancy) but later retirement should, in fact, lead to better average health in retirement. "As such the government should remove impediments to later retirement that are to be found in state pension systems, to later retirement that are t...