The Death of Marriage? The Effects of New Forms of Legal Recognition on Marriage Rates in the United States |
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Authors: | Marcus Dillender |
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Institution: | 1. W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 300 S. Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo, MI, 49007-4686, USA
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Abstract: | Some conservative groups argue that allowing same-sex couples to marry reduces the value of marriage to opposite-sex couples. This article examines how changes in U.S. legal recognition laws occurring between 1995 and 2010 designed to include same-sex couples have altered marriage rates in the United States. Using a difference-in-differences strategy that compares how marriage rates change after legal recognition in U.S. states that alter legal recognition versus states that do not, I find no evidence that allowing same-sex couples to marry reduces the opposite-sex marriage rate. Although the opposite-sex marriage rate is unaffected by same-sex couples marrying, it decreases when domestic partnerships are available to opposite-sex couples. |
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