title: Job mobility among parents of children with chronic health conditions: Early effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
abstract: We examine the effects of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) prohibition of preexisting conditions exclusions for children on job mobility among parents. We use a difference-in-difference approach, comparing pre-post policy changes in job mobility among privately-insured parents of children with chronic health conditions vs. privately-insured parents of healthy children. Data come from the 2004 and 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). Among married fathers, the policy change is associated with about a 0.7 percentage point, or 35 percent increase, in the likelihood of leaving an employer voluntarily. We find no evidence that the policy change affected job mobility among married and unmarried mothers.
authors.affiliation: University at Albany, USA; NBER, USA. Electronic address: pchatterji@albany.edu.
authors.forename: Pinka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chatterji
authors.affiliation: University at Albany, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brandon
authors.affiliation: NBER, USA; Emory University, USA.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Markowitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002322:Career Mobility; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007348:Insurance, Health; D010290:Parents; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D064266:Preexisting Condition Coverage; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: ACA; Child health; Health care reform; Health insurance; Job lock