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Title: Birth Cohort and the Specialization Gap Between Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: We examine differences in household specialization between same-sex and different-sex couples within and across three birth cohorts: the Baby Boom Generation, Generation X and Generation Y. Using three measures of household specialization, we find that same-sex are less likely than their different-sex counterparts to exhibit a high degree of specialization. However, the "specialization gap" between same-sex and different-sex couples narrows across birth cohorts. These findings are indicative of a cohort effect. Our results are largely robust to the inclusion of a control for the presence of children and for subsets of couples with and without children.

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Authors: Giddings, Lisa; Zietz, Joachim; Schneebaum, Alyssa; Nunley, John M.

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Topics: Aging and Retirement, Family and Marriage

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