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Thomas Arnhold @tarnhold.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This work is part of the Cognitive Health in Ageing Society (CHIAS) project, funded by the @wwtf.at (grant LS22-008). PIs: @webervienna.bsky.social, @valeriabordone.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at @share-eric.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

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Thomas Arnhold @tarnhold.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🔸️ Among men, retirement reduces episodic memory for those with sustained lower-complexity full-time employment only. 🔸️ Among women, positive effects concentrate in higher-complexity, full-time careers. 🔸️ In the long term, retirement effects are predominantly negative across clusters.

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Thomas Arnhold @tarnhold.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Mutual Information System on Social Protection (MISSOC), I combine sequence analysis of employment trajectories between ages 15 and 50 with fixed-effects two-stage least squares. Three findings stand out:

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Thomas Arnhold @tarnhold.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Does retirement improve or harm cognitive functioning? Causal studies have produced inconsistent answers. My new IIASA working paper, out today, argues that a missing piece may be gendered employment histories that shape retirement: pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/21...

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Retirement Effects on Cognitive Functioning: Exploring the Role of Gendered Employment Histories UPDATE THIS TITLE | IIASA WEBSITE

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Elisabeth Langmann @elangmann.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

🚨Die steirische Landesregierung hat sich zur Beibehaltung von Sonderschulen bekannt – ein Rückschritt für Inklusion und Menschenrechte. Deshalb Petition zur De-Institutionalisierung noch bis 31.12.2024 unterschreiben! #Inklusion #Selbstbestimmung #Menschenrechte #Steiermark #Ableismus

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NBER @nber.org · 17/12/2024

Featured in the latest Digest: "Gender, Career Opportunities, and the Relocation Decisions of Couples" www.nber.org/digest/202412/gender-c…

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Thomas Arnhold @tarnhold.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Insightful presentation by @mksicabaraban.bsky.social on widowhood and cognitive functioning of older adults in Europe at #PopHet23. Looking forward to further findings as part of our @chiasproject.bsky.social together with PIs @webervienna.bsky.social & @valeriabordone.bsky.social

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Ageing Sociology Vienna @ageingsocvienna.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Yesterday we had our 1st CHIAS Advisory Board Meeting with all team members and our collaborators. 🙌🏼 First @valeriabordone.bsky.social introduced the project, which was followed up by presentations of the first preliminary results from @mksicabaraban.bsky.social and @tarnhold.bsky.social (1/2).

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