Same‐Sex Marriage Legalization and Sexually Transmitted Infections Across Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21512838 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dimitrios Nikolaou (0000-0002-3106-2584, Department of Economics Illinois State University Stevenson Hall 425, Campus Box 4200 Normal 61790‐4200 IL USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-69 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-9049 • E-ISSN: 1468-0084 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/obes.12519 |
| OpenAlex | W4288096024 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 48 |
I examine how same‐sex marriage laws affect sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates, using country‐level panel data from Europe. Dynamic difference‐in‐differences models show that same‐sex marriage laws decrease the spread of shorter‐term (syphilis, gonorrhoea) and longer‐term infections (HIV, AIDS) among the general population. These effects are persistent over time and are much stronger than other same‐sex relationship recognition policies. Further investigation reveals significant heterogeneity; same‐sex marriage laws lead to sizeable decreases in all STIs among the most at‐risk population for an infection, men who have sex with men, with additional positive externalities on the health capital of heterosexual men and women
Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Homosexuality · Legalization · Panel data · Political science · Population · Sexually transmitted disease · Sociology · Sodomy · Syphilis · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Immunology
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |