Retiring later increases the risk of mortality, a probability that increases in the case of jobs with a higher stress load. According to a report by Fedea, delaying the retirement age increases the chances that a person will be able to dies before the age of 70.
Some data made public while the retirement age in spain is gradually delayed. For every additional year of work, the risk of early mortality increases by 38% in very physically or mentally demanding jobs.
“It is recommended to relax the retirement age for workers with health problems or very stressful jobs,” explains Sergi Jiménez, researcher of the study (Fedea). A flexibility that, according to him, can be achieved, for example, by reducing the working hours of in a staggered manner until retirement.
A measure that has highlighted that it must be carried out taking into account the personal circumstances of each worker. “Do not force everyone to do the same thing, because that generates inequalities,” says Sergi Jiménez.
However, greater flexibility to retire earlier, for some jobs, clashes with the incentives promoted by the government to delay retirement. “If you want to continue working, you have to have a reward and that is what we do with incentives,” says Elma Saiz, Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.
Another conclusion drawn from the study is that increasing the retirement age not only reduces life expectancy, This does not compensate economically either with the tax gain for the retirement system.
