The Impact of Civil Unions on Hawai`i’s Economy and Government

Sumner La Croix and Kimberly Burnett ()

No 201008, Working Papers from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics

Abstract: On 29 April 2010, the Hawai`i State Legislature passed HB 444, a measure that allows same-sex and opposite-sex couples to enter into civil unions. This report provides quantitative and qualitative measures of the impact of civil unions on the Hawai`i economy, Hawai`i businesses, and the State of Hawai`i’s budget. More specifically, we examine the effect of civil unions on tourism arrivals to Hawai`i; state government revenues and expenditures; employer provision of health insurance to civil union partners and their dependents; and the family with civil union partners. We conclude that the Legalization of civil unions in Hawai`i will have only a very minimal impact on any aspect of Hawai`i’s economy and state government operations.

Keywords: civil union; health insurance; visitor arrivals; Hawai`i (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 J12 K36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2010-05-24
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