The influence of past working conditions on the self-reported health of retirees.

Summary This working paper aims to measure the specific effect of physical and psychosocial working conditions throughout the career on the self-reported physical and mental health of retirees as well as on their medication consumption. To do so, we mobilize data from the Health and Professional Itinerary Survey (Sip). We control for socio-economic, employment, career pathway and individual characteristics prior to entering the labour market. Our results highlight the negative role of past working conditions on the physical and mental health of retirees with a clear link between physical constraints and physical health on the one hand and psychosocial risks and mental health (including the use of medication) on the other. This result shows the long-term penalizing character of arduous working conditions on the health of retirees.