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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years : An Economic Model of the Rise in Premarital Sex and its De-Stigmatization

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús - 2010

Societies socialize children about sex. This is done in the presence of peer-group effects, which may encourage undesirable behavior. Parents want the best for their children. Still, they weigh the marginal gains from socializing their children against its costs. Churches and states may...

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Winning the Bread and Baking it Too : Gendered Frictions in the Allocation of Home Production

Hancock, Kyle; Lafortune, Jeanne; Low, Corinne - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

We document that female breadwinners do more home production than their male partners, driven by "housework" like cooking and cleaning. By comparing to same sex couples, we highlight that specialization within heterosexual households does not appear to be "gender neutral" even after accounting...

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

Dee, Thomas S. - 2005

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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Marriage Equality Laws and Youth Suicidal Behaviors

Anderson, D. Mark - 2019

Since the landmark ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health in 2004, the legalization of same-sex marriage (SSM) has proliferated throughout the United States via either legislative action or court order. Advocates of SSM laws argue that marriage equality will generate important health...

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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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Gay Politics Goes Mainstream : Democrats, Republicans, and Same-Sex Relationships

Fernández, Raquel; Parsa, Sahar - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

which the Democratic and Republican parties took opposing stands over the status of gay people in society. What roles did …

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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 - 2020

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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Same-Sex Couples and the Marital Surplus : The Importance of the Legal Environment

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2020

Same-sex couples' marital surplus, their excess total income over that predicted by their work times and predicted wages, increases little as the duration of their relationship lengthens. When/where same-sex marriage is legal, it rises sharply as duration increases. The availability of legal...

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Understanding Labor Market Discrimination Against Transgender People : Evidence from a Double List Experiment and a Survey

Aksoy, Billur; Carpenter, Christopher; Sansone, Dario - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

is significantly lower than support for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people. Our results provide timely evidence on …

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An Investigation of the Effects of Alcohol Policies on Youth STDs

Grossman, Michael - 2004

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of alcohol policies in reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among youth. Previous research has shown that risky sexual practices (e.g., unprotected sex and multiple partners) that increase the risk of contracting a STD are...

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