HEALTH INSURANCE AND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION: WHAT LEGAL RECOGNITION DOES FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES

Marcus Dillender

Contemporary Economic Policy, 2015, vol. 33, issue 2, 381-394

Abstract: type="main" xml:id="coep12076-abs-0001"> Using Current Population Survey data, I examine how same-sex couples' labor force participation and health insurance coverage change as a result of their unions being legally recognized. The results indicate female same-sex couples switch from arrangements where both members work to arrangements where only one member of the couple works. Being able to gain health insurance through a spouse's employer seems to play a major role in this change. Male same-sex couples experience no change in their labor force participation or health insurance. (JEL J08, I13, J18)

Date: 2015
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