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THE EFFECTS OF YOUNG ADULT‐DEPENDENT COVERAGE AND CONTRACEPTION MANDATES ON YOUNG WOMEN
Author(s) -
Trudeau Jennifer,
Conway Karen Smith
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/coep.12223
Subject(s) - mandate , affect (linguistics) , health insurance , fertility , health care , demographic economics , isolation (microbiology) , young adult , business , medicaid , population , economics , political science , environmental health , psychology , medicine , gerontology , economic growth , law , microbiology and biotechnology , communication , biology
This research investigates two features of the Affordable Care Act that especially affect young adults, the young adult‐dependent coverage ( YAD ) mandate and the requirement to cover contraception ( CM ). Both mandates were first enacted at the state level but have been studied only in isolation. We estimate a wide range of models allowing these mandates to have joint effects on insurance coverage, health‐care access, health outcomes and fertility. We provide new evidence that helps settle the mixed findings from past state‐level YAD and CM research and suggests the two mandates may combine to improve the well‐being of young adults. ( JEL I18, I12, H75)