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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.
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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Type of publication: Book / Working Paper
Language: English
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Number 2008.81
Classification: D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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