Same‐Sex Couples and the Gains to Marriage
The Importance of the Legal Environment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11680495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Delhommer, Scott M Delhommer, Daniel S Hamermesh (0000-0001-7927-2743, Labex Corail, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1120-1139 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-8739 • E-ISSN: 1520-6688 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/pam.22287 |
| OpenAlex | W3132403715 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 28 |
Same‐sex couples’ marital surplus, their excess total income over that predicted by their work times and expected 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 domestic partnership or civil union has no effect on the surplus. The likelihood of home ownership conditional on demographic characteristics also increases with partnerships’ duration only when/where same‐sex marriage is legal. These results, based on data from the American Community Survey 2013 to 2017, support the notion that greater legal protection enhances partners’ incentives to invest in their relationship, producing gains for society in the form of higher tax revenues, larger inheritances, and more stable communities
Demographic economics · Duration (music · Economics · General partnership · Incentive · Labour economics · Marital status · Microeconomics · Population · Revenue · Same sex · Sociology · Work (physics · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |