TY - JOUR T1 - The Affordable Care Act as retiree health insurance: implications for retirement and Social Security claiming JF - Journal of Pension Economics and Finance Y1 - 2019 A1 - Alan L Gustman A1 - Thomas L. Steinmeier A1 - N. Tabatabai KW - Affordable Care Act KW - Pensions KW - Policy KW - Retirement Planning and Satisfaction KW - Social Security AB - This paper investigates the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on retirement. The first part of the paper is a difference-in-difference analysis of changes in retirement (and retirement expectations) before and after adoption of the ACA. We find no statistically significant evidence that ACA increased the propensity to retire or changed retirement expectations. The second part of the analysis is based on a structural retirement model. For those age 50 at the time ACA was introduced, the overall reduction in full-time work over the age span 54–65 is simulated to be about 0.1 percentage points. Data are from the Health and Retirement Study. VL - 18 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-pension-economics-and-finance/article/affordable-care-act-as-retiree-health-insurance-implications-for-retirement-and-social-security-claiming/24601D49E42B0714381FC2B9F4D55D10 IS - 3 JO - Journal of Pension Economics and Finance ER -