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Title: The Value of Health Insurance and Labor Supply: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate

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Publication Year: 2016

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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2785936

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Abstract: This paper examines how the value of health insurance affects labor supply, exploiting a quasi-experimental change in health insurance provision - i.e., the Affordable Care Act (ACA) dependent coverage mandate implemented in 2010. Using difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, and regression kink designs, I find no evidence of the labor market impact of the ACA dependent coverage mandate despite its substantial impact on insurance coverage for young adults. I also show that the "aging-out-at-26" condition in eligibility leads to low valuation of insurance and in turn no change in the labor supply of young adults.

Url: https://www.ssrn.com/abstract=2785936

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Authors: Kim, Daeho

Publisher: The Ohio State University

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS, IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS

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

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