UC Irvine sounds alarm on early retirement and faster brain aging
UC Irvine sounds alarm on early retirement and faster brain aging
- May 17, 2026
- Research by UCI economists Noah Arman Kouchekinia and David Neumark, and Tim A. Bruckner, public health, featured in Hoodline
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Leaving a job years before traditional retirement age, especially after a layoff or a local economic slump, is linked to slightly faster cognitive decline, according to a new working paper out of UC Irvine. … Economists Noah Arman Kouchekinia and David Neumark, along with public-health researcher Tim A. Bruckner, report that their main results hold up across a battery of robustness checks.
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