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Assessing the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Part-Time Employment, No. 16-10

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Assessing the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Part-Time Employment, No. 16-10

DATE: October 2016

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ABSTRACT: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, commonly known as the Affordable Care Act or ACA, requires larger employers to offer health insurance to their full-time workers or pay penalties for failing to do so. Under some circumstances, the law creates an incentive for employers to replace full-time labor with part-time labor. This Economic Brief considers recent research on whether the ACA has in fact increased the use of part-time labor.

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Hornstein, Andreas , Price, David A. and Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. "Assessing the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Part-Time Employment, No. 16-10," Economic Brief (October 2016). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/6034/item/583953, accessed on June 1, 2023.

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