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 …

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 …

infected cases, allowing for under-reporting. Estimation is based on a moment condition that can be derived from an agent … of lock-downs and support policies on the transmission rates. The full set of estimation results and the replication …

This paper analyzes the relationship between same-sex marriage bans and sexually transmitted infections using state …-level data from 1981 to 2008. We hypothesize that same-sex marriage bans may directly affect homosexual behavior; may affect or … nonmarital sex, which may affect risky heterosexual behavior. Our findings may be summarized as follows. First, same-sex marriage …

there is a causal effect of partnership on subjective well-being. Our data allow us to distinguish between marriage and … orientation. The well-being gains of marriage are larger than those of cohabitation. Investigating partnership formation and … disruption, we discover that the well-being effects are symmetric. Finally, we find that marriage improves well-being for both …

In 2004, 13 states had ballot initiatives on whether their state constitutions should include a ban on gay marriage …. States with gay marriage ballot propositions, which included the linchpin of Ohio, afforded Republicans the opportunity to … raise gay marriage as an issue with an important subset of their base, white evangelical Protestants. We find evidence that …