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The Effect Of Health Insurance On Young Adults' Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence From The Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Expansion, Quazi Hassan
Theses and Dissertations
The Affordable Care Act’s dependent coverage mandate extended young adults’ parental coverage to age 26. I study the expansion’s impact on young adults’ labor market outcomes using a control function method. Following the expansion, I find dependent coverage lowered labor force participation, lowered incomes, and mixed evidence regarding labor supply.
Essays In Health Economics, Aigbokhai Unuigbe
Essays In Health Economics, Aigbokhai Unuigbe
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation is motivated by changes in health and labor policies of the United States that have occurred over the last two decades. It examines how these policies as well as public programs affect behavior and outcomes. These programs and policies have the potential to impact behavior directly at the individual level and could also have indirect effects at the household level. In addition, the effects on healthcare use and health status are also examined. This dissertation consists of three chapters.
The first chapter looks at the effect of changes in Medicaid policy on legal immigrant parents in the United …
Essays On The Well-Being Of An Aging Population, Alice Zulkarnain
Essays On The Well-Being Of An Aging Population, Alice Zulkarnain
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation consists of three essays that examine health and labor issues among the middle aged and elderly.
Chapter 1. A Delayed Retirement Policy and Male Labor Supply: Evidence from the Entire Dutch Population
This chapter examines the labor supply effects of a national delayed retirement policy introduced in the Netherlands in 2009. The policy offers a reduction in taxes on labor income for each year after the age of 62 in which a person worked. I estimate the average effect of the policy on male labor supply as well as its responsiveness to the size of the incentive. Comparing …
Evaluating The Causal Effect Of Insurance Access On Labor Market Outcomes Among Young Adults, Eden Volkov
Evaluating The Causal Effect Of Insurance Access On Labor Market Outcomes Among Young Adults, Eden Volkov
Theses and Dissertations
The ACA youth coverage mandate took effect in 2010. Under this provision, individuals through age 26 can remain on their parent's health insurance plan. This provision increased insurance coverage. This has led to 22-29 year olds being more likely to be self-employed, to not work, and to work part time.