This paper analyses the effect of retirement on the familiarity with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) of older individuals. We argue that inability to cope with ICT might represent a threat for older individuals’ social inclusion. To account for the potential endogeneity of retirement with respect to familiarity with ICT, we instrument retirement decision with the age-eligibility for early and statutory retirement pension schemes. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, we show that retirement reduces the computer literacy and the frequency of internet utilization for men and women. This finding is robust to the inclusion as control factors of health, cognition and social network indicators, which the literature has shown to be affected by retirement. Overall, the reduction in the familiarity with ICT after retirement tends to be stronger in the long-run.

本文分析了退休对老年人对信息和通信技术 (ICT) 的熟悉程度的影响。我们认为，无法应对 ICT 可能对老年人的社会包容构成威胁。为了说明退休在熟悉 ICT 方面的潜在内生性，我们将退休决策与提前和法定退休养老金计划的年龄资格相结合。使用来自欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查的数据，我们表明退休降低了男性和女性的计算机素养和互联网使用频率。这一发现对于纳入健康、认知和社交网络指标作为控制因素是稳健的，文献表明这些指标受到退休的影响。全面的，