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Effects of Access to Legal Same-Sex Marriage on Marriage and Health : Evidence from Brfss

Carpenter, Christopher - 2018

.e., households with exactly two same-sex adults], which we show includes a substantial share of gay and lesbian couples, coincident … SSM improved health for adult gay men …

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Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals in Same-Sex Couples

Carpenter, Christopher S.; Gonzales, Gilbert; McKay, Tara; … - 2022

A large body of research documents that the 2010 dependent coverage mandate of the Affordable Care Act was responsible for significantly increasing health insurance coverage among young adults. No prior research has examined whether sexual minority young adults also benefitted from the dependent...

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Forsaking All Others? The Effects of "Gay Marriage" on Risky Sex

Dee, Thomas S. - 2021

a culture of responsibility and commitment among homosexuals. A specific implication of this claim is that "gay marriage …, which provides a framework for discussing the ways in which gay marriage might reduce (or increase) the prevalence of STI …. Then, I present reduced-form empirical evidence on whether gay marriage has actually reduced STI rates. These evaluations …

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Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Early Childbearing

Kearney, Melissa S. - 2010

We examine the empirical relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and rates of early childbearing. First, we use data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to confirm a strong correlation at the individual level - women who grow up quot;disadvantagedquot; are much more likely to...

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HIV and Sexual Behavior Change : Why Not Africa?

Oster, Emily F. - 2010

of behavioral response in Africa is of a similar order of magnitude to that among gay men in the United States, once …

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Subsidized Contraception, Fertility, and Sexual Behavior

Kearney, Melissa S. - 2010

This paper examines the impact of recent state-level Medicaid policy changes that expanded eligibility for family planning services to higher income women and to Medicaid clients whose benefits would expire otherwise. We begin by establishing that the income-based policy change led to a...

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Criminal Prosecution and Hiv-Related Risky Behavior

Delavande, Adeline - 2010

We evaluate the consequences of prosecuting HIV+ people who expose others to the risk of infection. We show that the effect of aggressive prosecutions on the spread of HIV is a priori ambiguous. Aggressive prosecutions tax risky behavior and thus deter unsafe sex and limit the number of sexual...

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HIV Breakthroughs and Risk Sexual Behavior

Goldman, Dana P. - 2010

Recent breakthroughs in the treatment of HIV have coincided with an increase in infection rates and an eventual slowing of reductions in HIV mortality. These trends may be causally related, if treatment improves the health and functional status of HIV+ individuals and allows them to engage in...

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Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya

Dupas, Pascaline - 2014

I use a randomized experiment to test whether information can change sexual behavior among teenagers in Kenya. Providing information on the relative risk of HIV infection by partner's age led to a 28% decrease in teen pregnancy, an objective proxy for the incidence of unprotected sex....

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Schooling, Wealth, Risky Sexual Behavior, and Hiv/Aids in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lucas, Adrienne - 2018

Economic growth and development have improved human health in many regions, while sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind. Economic theory and the existing empirical evidence suggest that development may not generate large reductions in the leading cause of adult mortality in the region,...

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