scholarly journals The Effect of Health Insurance Mandate on Labor Market Activity and Time Allocation: Evidence from the Federal Dependent Coverage Provision

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinish Shrestha ◽  
Otto Lenhart
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Market Activity ◽  
Insurance Mandate ◽  
Dependent Coverage ◽  
Labor Market Activity

scholarly journals The Effect of the Health Insurance Mandate on Labor Market Activity and Time Allocation: Evidence from the Federal Dependent Coverage Provision

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Otto Lenhart ◽  
Vinish Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Market Activity ◽  
Dependent Coverage ◽  
Labor Market Activity

Abstract The primary goal of the federal dependent coverage mandate was to increase health insurance coverage among young adults, the group with the lowest prevalence of health insurance coverage. To understand the full impacts of the federal dependent coverage mandate, it is important to evaluate how the mandate affects labor market activities and time spent away from work among young adults. Using data from the Consumer Population Survey (CPS) and the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) and implementing a difference-in-differences framework, we find: (1) Young adults substitute employer sponsored insurance for dependent coverage, (2) Affected individuals reduce their work time and switch from full- to part-time employment, and (3) The additional time from reduced labor market activity is reallocated towards more time spent on leisure activities, mainly watching television. The effects of the mandate on labor market activities are stronger in later years. Furthermore, we show that young adults do not increase the time they spend on activities that could enhance their human capital such as education and health, which reemphasizes potential unintended consequences of the mandate. These findings suggest that future work is necessary to fully understand the overall welfare effects of the policy.

The Accelerated Benefits Demonstration: Impacts on the Employment of Disability Insurance Beneficiaries

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 336-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Stegman Bailey ◽  
Robert R. Weathers
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Random Assignment ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Market Activity ◽  
The Third ◽  
Labor Market Activity

We use data from the Accelerated Benefits demonstration to estimate the impacts of providing newly entitled disability insurance (DI) beneficiaries with health insurance and additional services during the DI program's 24-month Medicare waiting period. While health insurance alone did not increase employment, the additional employment services appeared to have positive short-term impacts on labor market activity. We find a statistically significant increase in employment and earnings in the second calendar year after random assignment; although these findings disappear in the third calendar year. Our results may have implications for disability reform proposals and provisions within the Affordable Care Act.

scholarly journals GLUTTONY AND SLOTH? CALORIES, LABOR MARKET ACTIVITY AND THE RISE OF OBESITY

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1253-1286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Griffith ◽  
Rodrigo Lluberas ◽  
Melanie Lührmann
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Activity ◽  
Labor Market Activity

Labor Market Transition and the Impact of Education on Real Per Capita Household Consumption Expenditure in Vietnam

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-108
Author(s):  
Hoang Van Kinh ◽  
Daniel Westbrook
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Household Consumption ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Consumption Expenditure ◽  
Market Activity ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Labor Market Activity

The degree to which the impact of schooling on real per capita household consumption expenditure (rpce) depends on the intensity of local labor market activity was estimated and changes in that relationship during a substantial part of Vietnam’s transition period (1993–2004 were documented). Key variables in the analysis are the years of schooling attained by the best-educated member of each household, an index of labor market activity at the commune level, and the interaction between the two. As schooling is likely to be endogenous, average educational attainment of others in the same age, gender, and commune cohort was used as an instrumental variable (IV). The estimated impact of educational attainment on rpce is economically substantial, statistically significant, increasing over time, and is powerfully enhanced by increasing labor market activity.

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