Same‐Sex Marriage and Negative Externalities<sup>*</sup>

Langbein, Laura; Yost, Mark

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00618.x

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“…Our article adds to a small but growing literature on marriage-like contracts for same-sex couples afforded by the recent expansion of such rights (Burn and Jackson 2014;Carpenter and Gates 2008;Dillender 2014Dillender , 2015Langbein and Yost 2009;Trandafir 2015). Exploiting cross-sectional and time variation, a number of studies have found no evidence of the legalization of same-sex unions eroding traditional values as measured by marriage, divorce, or abortion rates.…”

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confidence: 89%

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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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“…In that period, State-sanctioned persecution of Jews, lepers, male homosexuals, and heretics emerged to form what Moore (2007) coined "the prosecuting society." 4 For the United States, see Langbein andYost (2009) andDillender (2014). For the OECD, see Trandafir (2015).…”

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“…Allen (2015 ) has observed that "A proper probability sample is a necessary condition for making a general claim about an unknown population, based on a sample" (p. 159). Langbein and Yost (2009 ) tested fi ve possible outcomes of legalization of same-sex marriage; fi nding no relationship between some sort of same-sex legal unions in a state and those selected outcomes, they deemed that there were no "negative externalities" associated with same-sex marriage. However, proving that fi ve variables are not signifi cantly related to a predictor variable does not mean that there are no other variables yet to be found signifi cant; that is an improper generalization.…”

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Navigating Treacherous Waters—One Researcher's 40 Years of Experience with Controversial Scientific Research,

Schumm

2015

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Science often must deal with issues that are politically controversial. However, there are dangers in dealing with controversial research and serious risks to the process of doing science and to the credibility of science, particularly social science. Here, I discuss lessons learned from engaging in and criticizing controversial research for nearly four decades. Social science research as a process is being damaged by questionable research practices, several of which are discussed. Social science results are being misrepresented through a variety of weak or incorrect methodologies, each of which is discussed. Discourse about social science results often shifts from academic discussion into attempts to discredit those with whom one may disagree. Science and the public are not being well served by these problems, so new researchers and policymakers need to be aware of them. For teaching purposes, examples are also presented of controversial research in which new analyses off er diff erent results than previously reported.My journey dealing with controversial research may have begun with my older brother's dissertation ( Schumm, 1966 ), about which he told me, when I was 15-yr. old, that probably one-third of what scientists had thought they knew about the research topic had been incorrect. That situation imbued me with a certain sense of skepticism about scientifi c research on one hand, but a sense of optimism on the other hand that one could -through better science -correct such things and make improvements. Only later did I fi nd Cohen (1990 ) saying essentially the same thing with respect to social science -"One of the things I learned early on was that some things you learn aren't so" (p. 1304).Even well-known historical events can be deconstructed statistically to show that things did not occur as we have been led to believe. Here are some examples of which readers may or may not be aware. The week before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. was trying to ambush the Japanese. In the RMS Titanic disaster, the lowest survival rates for men and the highest survival rates for women and children were among the middle class passengers, suggesting a new nonlinear theory of social class and compliance with social rules. The Challenger disaster could have been predicted in advance with simple statistics ( Schumm, Webb, Castelo, Akagi, Jensen, Ditto, et al ., 2002 ). There are many other examples, in this author's own experience, in which research did not turn out as might have been expected. Grover, Russell, Schumm, and Paff -Bergen (1985 ) showed that the best predictor of later marital satisfaction was the length of time taken before the decision to marry, not the length of engagement. Gwanfogbe, Schumm, Smith, and Furrow (1997 ) reported that in some situations a wife might be happier in a bigamous marriage. Hendrix, Jurich, and Schumm (1995 ) showed that adverse eff ects on a veteran's family life after observing prisoner abuse lasted for decades. In Moxley, Eggeman, and Schumm 1 Address correspondence to Dr. Schumm, S...

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“…Similarly, in part due to religious pluralism as well as greater moral latitude in some Christian denominations, the symbolic value of being Christian has decreased historically in the country, and the symbolic value of some traits previously associated with Christianity has also diminished. For example, homosexuals are increasingly asserting their rights and encroaching on privileges previously isolated to heterosexuals, such as marriage (Stadler 2009; Langbein and Yost 2009;Lewin 2008). Hence, it appears that one purpose of the identity formations of these conservative social movements is to reclaim this lost symbolic capital by restricting access to privileges to a smaller number of "true" Americans and Christians.…”

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confidence: 94%

Rebellious Conservatives

Dietrich¹

2014

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Same‐Sex Marriage and Negative Externalities^*

Cited by 41 publications

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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

Navigating Treacherous Waters—One Researcher's 40 Years of Experience with Controversial Scientific Research,

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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

Navigating Treacherous Waters—One Researcher's 40 Years of Experience with Controversial Scientific Research,

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