Sexual orientation and household decision making.: Same-sex couples' balance of power and labor supply choices.
This study estimates the effect of intra-household-bargaining on gay and lesbian couples' labor supplies, in order to determine how homosexual and heterosexual decision making compare, in a collective-household framework. Data from the 2000 US Census show that couples of all types exhibit a significant response to bargaining power shifts, as measured by age and non-labor-income differences between partners. Among gay, lesbian, and heterosexual cohabiting couples, a relatively young or rich partner has more bargaining power and supplies less labor, the opposite being true for his/her mate. Among married couples, the older spouse is instead more powerful, or the richer. No such patterns are found among same-sex roommates.
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2011
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Authors: | Oreffice, Sonia |
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Labour Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0927-5371. - Vol. 18.2011, 2, p. 145-158
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Same-sex couples Household bargaining power Labor supply |
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