Matching on Gender and Sexual Orientation

Edoardo Ciscato and Marion Goussé

No 1213, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research from DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Abstract: We study the mating patterns of non-heterosexual individuals, who represent a significant and increasing portion of the population, particularly among the youth. We estimate a multidimensional matching model of the marriage market where partner’s gender is endogenously chosen conditional on the agent’s sexual orientation, and is subject to trade-offs that depend on both the agents’ preferences and the pool of potential partners. We show that same-sex couples experience lower gains from live-in relationships, a “same-sex penalty”. Absent this penalty, the share of same-sex couples in the U.S. would increase by about 50% (from 1.36% to 2.05% of all couples).

Keywords: matching; marriage market; homogamy; same-sex households; sexual orientation; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 D1 J12 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 p.
Date: 2024
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