Health insurance and the boomerang generation: Did the 2010 ACA dependent care provision affect geographic mobility and living arrangements among young adults?

Pinka Chatterji, Xiangshi Liu and Barış Yörük

Contemporary Economic Policy, 2022, vol. 40, issue 2, 243-262

Abstract: Public policies can have unintended effects on young adults' decisions about living arrangements and migration. The Affordable Care Act dependent care provision mandated that private health insurance plans that offer dependent coverage must allow young adults to stay on parents' insurance until age 26. In this paper, we test whether the provision is associated with young adults' propensity to live with/near parents. Data come from the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation. Findings indicate that the provision is associated with increased likelihood that young adults live with a parent, and decreased likelihood that young adults live with other relatives/nonrelatives.

Date: 2022
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Working Paper: Health Insurance and the Boomerang Generation: Did the 2010 ACA Dependent Care Provision affect Geographic Mobility and Living Arrangements among Young Adults? (2017)
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