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Title: Health Insurance Coverage and Risky Health Behaviors among Young Adults
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Yörük, Baris K. |
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Health Insurance Coverage and Risky Health Behaviors among Young Adults B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 17,3 (2017): DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2016-0282. Also: Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Drug Use; Insurance, Health; Sexual Behavior; Smoking (see Cigarette Use) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper investigates the relationship between health insurance coverage and risky health behaviors among young adults using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort (NLSY97). Before the Affordable Care Act required all employers in the United States to provide health insurance to employees' children until the age of 26 (before September 2010), many health insurance contracts covered dependents up until age 19. Using a regression discontinuity design framework, I find that approximately 6 percent of young adults lose their health insurance coverage once they turn 19. I also find that although losing health insurance coverage at age 19 does not have any significant impact on smoking, marijuana use, and risky sexual behaviors among young adults, it decreases the probability of consuming 5 or more drinks a day by approximately 2 percentage points. These results are robust under several different parametric and non-parametric models and not sensitive to the selection of samples based on gender. |
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Yörük, Baris K. "Health Insurance Coverage and Risky Health Behaviors among Young Adults." B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 17,3 (2017): DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2016-0282.
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