scholarly journals The Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Parents' Labor Market Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seonghoon Kim ◽  
Kanghyock Koh
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
The Affordable Care Act ◽  
Dependent Coverage

scholarly journals Did the Affordable Care Act Young Adult Provision Affect Labor Market Outcomes? Analysis Using Tax Data

ILR Review ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 1154-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley Heim ◽  
Ithai Lurie ◽  
Kosali Simon
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Affordable Care Act ◽  
The Impact

Using a data set of US tax records spanning 2008 to 2013, the authors study the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) young adult dependent coverage requirement on labor market–related outcomes, including measures of employment status, job characteristics, and postsecondary education. They find that the ACA provision did not result in substantial changes in labor market outcomes. Results show that employment and self-employment are not statistically significantly affected. Although some evidence supports the increased likelihood of young adults earning lower wages, not receiving fringe benefits, enrolling as full-time or graduate students, and young men being self-employed, the magnitudes imply extremely small impacts on these outcomes in absolute terms and when compared to other estimates in the literature. The authors find these results to be consistent with health insurance being less salient to young adults, compared to other populations, when making labor market decisions.

Economic Freedom and the Affordable Care Act

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Callison ◽  
Paul Sicilian
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
White Women ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Job Lock ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
The Affordable Care Act ◽  
Medicaid Expansions

A greater level of government involvement in the financing of health care is generally viewed unfavorably by organizations monitoring economic freedom. However, increased government provision of health insurance could be associated with improved economic freedom through enhanced labor market mobility. For example, job-lock alleviation accompanying a public insurance expansion could lead to increased innovation or a higher likelihood of self-employment. In this article, we use the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s recent Medicaid expansions to examine the effect of an increase in public health insurance provision on labor market outcomes by gender and race/ethnicity. Our results lend support to the notion that state Medicaid expansions are associated with improved labor market autonomy for white men and white women; however, we find mixed results for black and Hispanic men and women. Notably, our findings cast doubt on earlier claims that the ACA would lead to large reductions in labor force participation and employment.

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