2024/03/23 by M.V. Lee Badgett, M. V. Lee Badgett, Christopher S. Carpenter +2 · 1 voice · 24 citations
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Business #Criminology #Discrimination and Equality Law #LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy #Law and economics #Political science #Psychology #Reproductive Health and Technologies #Sociology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/pam.22587
published in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 44(1), 266-294 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2024/03/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/21
Abstract On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court extended nationwide legal access to same‐sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges , following a series of court cases and legislative activities at the state and district levels. Similar policies have diffused throughout other countries, especially in western Europe and the Americas. Researchers have used the staggered rollout of legal same‐sex marriage and related policies in the U.S. and elsewhere, along with improved data on lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, to study the effects of marriage equality. In this paper, we review this evidence, focusing on outcomes such as societal attitudes, marriage take‐up, family formation, employment, time use, health insurance coverage, and health. We discuss conceptual frameworks for understanding the likely effects of same‐sex marriage; methodological considerations for studying treatment effects; the policy context surrounding legal same‐sex marriage, including the 2023 Respect for Marriage Act; and important areas for future research.