Registered domestic partnerships among gay men and lesbians: the role of economic factors

Badgett, M.V. Lee; Gates, Gary J.; Maisel, Natalya C.

doi:10.1007/s11150-008-9041-6

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“…These findings remind us that by conditioning on partnership/marriage entry in a country where a high proportion of couples chose informal cohabitation, we are dealing with a (positively) selected sample. The extent to which this is more true of the homosexual sample is hard to ascertain because the underlying population is unknown, but this conjecture would be consistent with the literature (Badgett et al 2008).…”

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Effect of Registered Partnership on Labor Earnings and Fertility for Same-Sex Couples: Evidence From Swedish Register Data

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The expansion of legal rights to same-sex couples is a foot in a number of Western countries. The effects of this rollout are not only important in their own right but can also provide a window on the institution of marriage and the rights bundled therein. In this article, using Swedish longitudinal register data covering 1994-2007, we study the impact of the extension of rights to same-sex couples on labor earnings and fertility. In 1994, registered partnership for same-sex couples was introduced, which conferred almost all rights and obligations of marriage--a notable exception being joint legal parenting, by default or election. The latter was added in the 2002 adoption act. We find registered partnership to be important to both gays and lesbians but for different reasons. For gays, resource pooling emerges as the main function of registered partnerships. For lesbians, registered partnership appears to be an important vehicle for family formation, especially after the 2002 adoption act. In contrast to heterosexual couples (included for comparison), we find no evidence of household specialization among lesbians. The lack of specialization is noteworthy given similar fertility effects of registered partnership (after 2002) and the fact that lesbian couples were less assortatively matched (on education) than heterosexual couples--children and unequal earnings power being two factors commonly believed to promote specialization.

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Effect of Registered Partnership on Labor Earnings and Fertility for Same-Sex Couples: Evidence From Swedish Register Data

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“…This pattern is also established by Klawitter (2008). Lee Badgett et al (2008) analyze data collected among self-identified same-sex couple in California, before the state legalized same-sex marriage, finding that economic motivations to register a partnership were limited. 1…”

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Symbolism Matters: The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization on Partnership Stability

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2019

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We study the effect of marriage on the stability of formal partnerships exploiting same-sex marriage legalization in the Netherlands as a natural experiment. Samesex marriage legalization allowed registered partnerships to be transformed into marriage. Since registered partnerships and marriages are similar in terms of rights and obligations we can investigate the effect of marital symbolism on the partnership stability. Using rich administrative data, we find that same-sex marriage legalization had two different effects. First, it increased the separation rate of existing same-sex registered partnerships. Second, partnerships that were transformed into marriage had a substantially lower separation rate. We take the second finding as evidence of the symbolic effect of marriage stabilizing partnerships.

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“…Thus, married and cohabiting same-sex families would be more socioeconomically similar to one another. This similarity may reflect the fact that the modestly privileged benefits and protections that same-sex couples have gained in recent years through the legalization of marriage are artificially diluted—relative to those enjoyed by different-sex couples who marry—by a lack of benefits and protections for same-sex Americans in other areas of social life (Ash and Badgett 2006; Badgett et al 2008; Black et al 2007b; Burgoyne 2012; Gates 2013; Heck et al 2006; Williams 2012). …”

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Family Structure and Child Health: Does the Sex Composition of Parents Matter?

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The children of different-sex married couples appear to be advantaged on a range of outcomes relative to the children of different-sex cohabiting couples. Despite the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, whether and how this general pattern extends to the children of same-sex married and cohabiting couples is unknown. This study examines this question with nationally representative data from the 2004–2013 pooled National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Results reveal that children in cohabiting households have poorer health outcomes than children in married households regardless of the sex composition of their parents. Children in same-sex and different-sex married households are relatively similar to each other on health outcomes, as are children in same-sex and different-sex cohabiting households. These patterns are not fully explained by socioeconomic differences among the four different types of families. This evidence can inform general debates about family structure and child health as well as and policy interventions aiming to reduce child health disparities.

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Registered domestic partnerships among gay men and lesbians: the role of economic factors

Abstract: Economics of household, Sexual orientation, Lesbian and gay issues, Marriage, Domestic partnership, Same-sex couples, J12, J16, J18,

Cited by 26 publications

References 23 publications

Effect of Registered Partnership on Labor Earnings and Fertility for Same-Sex Couples: Evidence From Swedish Register Data

Effect of Registered Partnership on Labor Earnings and Fertility for Same-Sex Couples: Evidence From Swedish Register Data

Symbolism Matters: The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization on Partnership Stability

Family Structure and Child Health: Does the Sex Composition of Parents Matter?

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