Did the Affordable Care Act Young Adult Provision Affect Labor Market Outcomes? Analysis Using Tax Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3596152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bradley Heim, Bradley T Heim (0000-0002-9187-1551, corresponding author), Ithai Z Lurie, Ithai Lurie, Katie Simon (0000-0002-3231-1466, National Bureau of Economic Research), Kosali Simon (Bradley Heim is a Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University. Ithai Lurie is a Financial Economist with the Office of Tax Analysis, US Department of the Treasury. Kosali Simon is the Herman B. Wells Endowed Professor at SPEA, Indiana University and is a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1154-1178 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0019793917744176 |
| OpenAlex | W2890169839 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 47 |
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
Affect (linguistics) · American Community Survey · Business · Census · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Health insurance · Labour economics · Political science · Population · Salient · Young adult · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
The Social, Political, and Economic Effects of the Affordable Care Act
Health insurance access and the career choices of college graduates with majors in the arts
Labor mobility and the Affordable Care Act
Health Insurance and Young Adult Financial Distress
A Reevaluation of the Effects of State and ACA Dependent Coverage Mandates on Health Insurance Coverage
State Medicaid Expansion and the Self-Employed
The Affordable Care Act Has Led To Significant Gains In Health Insurance And Access To Care For Young Adults
The Medicaid Notch, Labor Supply, and Welfare Participation
Using Differences in Knowledge Across Neighborhoods to Uncover the Impacts of the Eitc on Earnings
Retiree Health Insurance and the Labor Force Behavior of Older Men in the 1990s
Are Household Surveys Like Tax Forms? Evidence from Income Underreporting of the Self-Employed
Health insurance and the supply of entrepreneurs
Do Work Decisions among Young Adults Respond to Extended Dependent Coverage
Gender Differences in Preferences
Did Expanding Medicaid Affect Welfare Participation
The Impact of Health on Job Mobility
The Role of Health Insurance in Joint Retirement among Married Couples
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |