Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place PMB 351819, Nashville, TN, 37235-1819, USA.
Demography. 2020 Oct;57(5):1787-1808. doi: 10.1007/s13524-020-00908-1.
I provide evidence on the direct effects of legal same-sex marriage in the United States by studying Massachusetts, the first state to legalize it in 2004 by court order. Using confidential Massachusetts data from 2001-2013, I show that the ruling significantly increased marriage among lesbians, bisexual women, and gay men compared with the associated change for heterosexuals. I find no significant effects on coupling. Marriage take-up effects are larger for lesbians than for bisexual women or gay men and are larger for households with children than for households without children. Consistent with prior work in the United States and Europe, I find no reductions in heterosexual marriage.
我通过研究 2004 年通过法院命令成为美国第一个将同性婚姻合法化的马萨诸塞州，提供了美国同性婚姻合法化的直接影响的证据。利用 2001 年至 2013 年马萨诸塞州的机密数据，我发现与异性恋者的相关变化相比，该裁决显著增加了女同性恋者、双性恋女性和男同性恋者的婚姻数量。我没有发现对结合的显著影响。对于有孩子的家庭而言，女同性恋者的婚姻参与效应大于双性恋女性或男同性恋者，而对于有孩子的家庭而言，婚姻参与效应大于没有孩子的家庭。与美国和欧洲之前的研究一致，我没有发现异性恋婚姻减少的情况。
