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Table of contents
1 Introduction .........................................................................................................3
2 Earlier literature...................................................................................................4
3 The Swedish pension system...............................................................................6
4 The reform: the defense bill in 1992 ...................................................................7
5 Methodological framework and data...................................................................9
5.1 Data and sampling .............................................................................................10
6 Analysis .............................................................................................................13
6.1 The impact of the reform on early retirement and labor supply........................13
6.2 The effect on inpatient care ...............................................................................20
6.3 The effect on mortality ......................................................................................23
6.4 Heterogeneous treatment effect.........................................................................25
6.5 Sensitivity analyses using alternative morbidity outcomes...............................31
7 The effects of retirement on health....................................................................31
8 Conclusions .......................................................................................................33
References .......................................................................................................................36
Appendix: Swedish institutions .......................................................................................39