Research Report Recent Evidence on the ACA and Employment: Has the ACA been a Job Killer?
Bowen Garrett, Robert Kaestner
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Using data from the Current Population Survey from 2000 to 2014, this report presents results from an evaluation of the effects of the ACA on the labor supply of nonelderly adults. Results indicate that neither the ACA as a whole, or the Medicaid expansions in particular, had any adverse effect on labor supply. For adults with a high school education or less, employment is 1.8 percentage points higher than what would be expected in 2014 based on previous trends, and part-time employment is 0.5 percentage points higher than expected, but there is no such difference in employees’ usual hours worked.
Research and Evidence Health Policy Work, Education, and Labor Upward Mobility
Expertise Upward Mobility and Inequality Wealth and Financial Well-Being Labor Markets Modeling Federal and State Health System Reform
Tags Federal health care reform Employment and income data Labor force Unemployment and unemployment insurance