Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302624 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17107
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the labor market outcomes of same-sex couples using data from large household surveys that represent more than two-thirds of the world's population with access to same-sex marriage on three continents. Same-sex couples are less likely to be inactive and work more hours than different-sex couples, largely due to the differences in the probability of having a child. Men in same-sex couples are up to 60 percent more likely to be unemployed than men in different-sex couples. These unemployment gaps cannot be explained by occupational sorting or other observable characteristics.
Subjects: 
labor supply
unemployment
same-sex couples
discrimination
LGBTQ
parenthood
JEL: 
J15
J16
J22
J23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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