Marriage Equality Laws and Youth Mental Health

Anderson, D. Mark; Matsuzawa, Kyutaro; Sabia, Joseph J.

doi:10.1086/711128

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“…Previous studies have examined the impact of legalizing same‐sex partnerships on labour supply (Dillender, 2015), health (Dee, 2008), and health insurance (Buchmueller and Carpenter, 2012). There is a limited number of studies that examine the impact of SSMLs on employment (Sansone, 2019), health (Francis et al, 2012), suicidal ideation (Anderson, Matsuzawa and Sabia, 2021; Raifman et al, 2017), marriage (Carpenter et al, 2021), health coverage (Carpenter et al, 2021; Dillender, 2015), and mortgage credit (Miller and Park, 2018), and there are no such studies for the case of Europe.…”

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Same‐Sex Marriage Legalization and Sexually Transmitted Infections Across Europe*

Nikolaou

2022

Oxf Bull Econ Stat

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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.

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Same‐Sex Marriage Legalization and Sexually Transmitted Infections Across Europe*

Nikolaou

2022

Oxf Bull Econ Stat

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“…More recently, the focus has shifted to considering various aspects of same-sex partnership or marriage. The impacts on different-sex marriage rates and fertility have been examined (Dillender, 2014;Trandifir, 2015), as have those on employment (Burn, 2018;Delhommer, 2020;Sansone, 2019); partners' labor supply and household bargaining (Hansen, Martell, & Roncolato, 2020;Oreffice, 2011), including effects of taxation (Isaac, 2018); and even on mental health (Anderson et al, 2021) and sexually transmitted diseases (Francis, Mialon, & Peng, 2012). 1 All of these considerations are important in understanding the position of this minority group in American society and generally.…”

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Same‐Sex Couples and the Gains to Marriage: The Importance of the Legal Environment

Delhommer¹,

Hamermesh²

2021

J Policy Anal Manage

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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.

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“…This result was most concentrated among LGBT adolescents. A second study found no evidence that legalizing marriage for same-sex couples decreased the probability of suicide planning and suicidal ideation among LGBT youth (Anderson, Matsuzawa, and Sabia, 2021). Taken together, these studies suggest that the mechanisms behind the potential association between marriage for same-sex couples and youth suicidal ideation remain an open question.…”

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Twenty Years of Legal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in the United States: Evidence Review and New Analyses

2024

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Twenty years after the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in Massachusetts, this report provides a review of evidence and new analyses describing the effects of granting legal status to the marriages of same-sex couples in the United States. For the evidence review, we assembled and evaluated existing research that has examined how any form of legal status (e.g., marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships) affects well-being in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals; their children; and the general public. For the new analyses, we leveraged data from multiple national datasets (e.g., the American Community Survey, the Current Population Survey, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the Monitoring the Future main study) to examine how changes in the legal status of same-sex couples within and across states affected trends in family formation (e.g., marriage and divorce) between 2000 (before marriage was available to same-sex couples in any state) and 2014 (when the last cohort of states chose to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples before all restrictions on marriage for same-sex couples nationwide were lifted by Obergefell v. Hodges). This report should be of interest to researchers and policymakers considering how to promote the well-being of relationships, U.S. families, and members of gender and sexualminority groups. Preparation of this report was supported by Centerline Liberties, Inc., a 501(c)3 focused on advancing policy solutions that defend core constitutional freedoms and liberties. Social and Behavioral Policy ProgramRAND Social and Economic Well-Being is a division of RAND that seeks to actively improve the health and social and economic well-being of populations and communities throughout the world. This research was conducted in the Social and Behavioral Policy Program within RAND Social and Economic Well-Being. The program focuses on such topics as risk factors and prevention programs, social safety net programs and other social supports, poverty, aging, disability, child and youth health and well-being, and quality of life, as well as other policy concerns that are influenced by social and behavioral actions and systems that affect well-being. For more information, email

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Marriage Equality Laws and Youth Mental Health

Cited by 9 publications

References 47 publications

Same‐Sex Marriage Legalization and Sexually Transmitted Infections Across Europe*

Same‐Sex Marriage Legalization and Sexually Transmitted Infections Across Europe*

Same‐Sex Couples and the Gains to Marriage: The Importance of the Legal Environment

Twenty Years of Legal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in the United States: Evidence Review and New Analyses

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