TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Kim, Seonghoon
AU  - Koh, Kanghyock
        TI  - The Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Parents' Labor Market Outcomes
        PY  - 2021/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14089
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14089
        AB  - We examine the labor market impacts of the Affordable Care Act dependent mandate (ACA-DM), which has significantly increased dependent children's health insurance coverage through parents' employer-sponsored health benefits. Using data from the American Community Survey, we find that the ACA-DM reduced parents' annual wages by about $2,600. However, the probability of employment and working hours only decreased marginally. The back-of-the-envelope calculation indicates that the magnitude of the estimated wage impact is similar to the increased insurance premium of a family plan due to the ACA-DM. These findings imply that a deadweight loss associated with the expansion of dependent health coverage is likely to be small as an increase in employers' labor costs is offset by a reduction in parents' wages without significant reductions in labor inputs.
        KW  - The Affordable Care Act dependent mandate
KW  - dependent health insurance coverage
KW  - parents’ labor market outcomes
KW  - deadweight loss
        ER  -