Still No Evidence of Negative Outcomes from Same-Sex Marriage

We are pleased that Professors Allen and Price (2015) have continued to investigate the empirical connection between state laws that permit (or do not ban) same-sex unions/marriages and the possibility of adverse consequences for families. Using updated information about state laws, and using their...

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Published inEcon journal watch Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 161-163
Main Authors Langbein, Laura, Yost, Mark A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fairfax Fraser Institute 01.05.2015
Subjects
Archives & records
Census of Population
Education policy
Families & family life
Law
Research design
Same sex marriage
Social sciences
State laws
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Summary:We are pleased that Professors Allen and Price (2015) have continued to investigate the empirical connection between state laws that permit (or do not ban) same-sex unions/marriages and the possibility of adverse consequences for families. Using updated information about state laws, and using their preferred coding of that information, Professors Allen and Price have largely replicated our findings (Langbein and Yost 2009). In both investigations, same-sex marriage laws appear to have no adverse effects on families in the state where the laws operate. Both studies suffer from low power. More data and better research designs were not available when we wrote our study; we look forward to these improvements in the future.
ISSN:1933-527X