Health Insurance and the Boomerang Generation: Did the 2010 ACA Dependent Care Provision Affect Geographic Mobility and Living Arrangements Among Young Adults?

59 Pages Posted: 21 Aug 2017 Last revised: 4 Oct 2024

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Pinka Chatterji

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Economics

Xiangshi Liu

University at Albany (SUNY)

Barış Yörük

SUNY University at Albany

Date Written: August 2017

Abstract

We test whether the ACA dependent care provision is associated with young adults’ propensity to live with/near parents and to receive food assistance. Data come from the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation. Findings indicate that the provision is associated with a 3.0 percentage point increase in young adults’ living with parents during the period in which the ACA had been passed but the provision was not effective, and a 6.0 percentage point increase during the time between the provision becoming effective and the end of 2013. In some specifications, the provision is associated with reduced use of food assistance.

Suggested Citation

Chatterji, Pinka and Liu, Xiangshi and Yoruk, Baris, Health Insurance and the Boomerang Generation: Did the 2010 ACA Dependent Care Provision Affect Geographic Mobility and Living Arrangements Among Young Adults? (August 2017). NBER Working Paper No. w23700, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3023099

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Xiangshi Liu

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Baris Yoruk

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