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Title: Pink work: Same-sex marriage, employment and discrimination

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2019

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ISSN: 00472727

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104086

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Abstract: This paper analyzes how the legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.S. affected same-sex couples in the labor market by using data from the American Community Survey. Access to marriage led to amendments in tax, health insurance, and adoption laws that could have encouraged some same-sex partners to specialize in household production and decrease their labor supply. Nevertheless, estimates from a difference-in-difference model show that the individual and joint probabilities of being employed increased among same-sex couples. Additional evidence suggests that these changes in employment were driven by improvements in attitudes and lower discrimination against sexual minorities following the introduction of marriage equality.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272719301471

Url: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0047272719301471

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Authors: Sansone, Dario

Periodical (Full): Journal of Public Economics

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Volume: 180

Pages: 104086

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity, Work, Family, and Time

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