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Title: The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Near Elderly: Evidence for Health Insurance Coverage and Labor Market Outcomes

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2021

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DOI: 10.1086/713496

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Abstract: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) not only changed the landscape of health insurance coverage in the United States but also affected the relationship between working decisions and health insurance. In this paper, we estimate the impact of the ACA on the near elderly (ages 60–64) in the 5 years after the implementation of its key provisions in early 2014. We exploit variation across geographic areas in the preexisting level of uninsurance and use 65–69-year-olds, whose insurance coverage was unaffected by the ACA, as a within-region control group. Our findings indicate that the ACA increased health insurance coverage among the near elderly by 4.5 percentage points and reduced their labor force participation rate by 0.6 percentage points.

Url: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/713496?casa_token=KiMmYNibaNMAAAAA%3AQFiJkH7YIsx6NGjeIZPaA4LOn0lk75hMnkPiE9b_g5NQJTqmvQx7xcRp98JwAzKP9rY9Rx8d8OL4

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Authors: Duggan, Mark; Goda, Gopi Shah; Li, Gina

Periodical (Full): Tax Policy and the economy

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Volume: 35

Pages: 179-223

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Population Health and Health Systems

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