Sexual Orientation and Household Decision Making. Same-Sex Couples’ Balance of Power and Labor Supply Choices

I estimate how intra-household bargaining affects gay and lesbian couples’ labor supplies, investigating their similarity to heterosexual decision-making, in a collective household framework. Data from the 2000 US Census show that couples of all types exhibit a significant response to bargaining power shifts, as measured by differences between partners in age or non-labor income. In gay, lesbian, and heterosexual cohabiting couples, a relatively young or rich partner has more bargaining power and hence supplies less labor, the opposite holding for his/her mate. Married couples value the older spouse instead, or the richer. No effects are found for same-sex roommates.

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Year of publication:	2008-10
Authors:	Oreffice, Sonia
Institutions:	Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Subject:	Household Decision Making \| Same-Sex Couples \| Labor Supply

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 2008.81
Classification:	D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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