Title
Implications of Economic and Policy Changes for Employment Contracts and Job Quality
Project Dates
11/15/2013 - 05/12/2015
Description
Policy changes under the Affordable Care Act were expected to provide public and private sector employers incentives to use temporary help, part-time, and contract workers to avoid costs and penalties associated with ACA requirements to provide health insurance benefits to full-time employees. In this paper, we defined key elements of job quality and employment contracts and provided a framework for considering how employers respond to economic and policy changes that influence employee costs. To help assess the potential impacts of the federal law on the incidence of employment arrangements, we used a variety of data sets to study the experience of Massachusetts’ 2006 health care reform.
Sponsorship
Smith Richardson Foundation
Subject Area
LABOR MARKET ISSUES; Employment relationships; Wages, health insurance and other benefits
Publications
The Potential Effects of Federal Health Insurance Reforms on Employment Arrangements and Compensation, Marcus Dillender, Carolyn Heinrich, Susan Houseman. Upjohn Institute Working Paper 15-228 (2015)
Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Part-Time Employment: Early Evidence, Marcus Dillender, Carolyn Heinrich, Susan Houseman. Upjohn Institute Working Paper 16-258 (2016)
Health insurance reform and part-time work: Evidence from Massachusetts, Marcus Dillender, Carolyn J. Heinrich, Susan N. Houseman. Labour Economics 43(2016): 151-158