Forsaking all others? The effects of same-sex partnership laws on risky sex

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dee, Thomas S.
• 署名单位: Swarthmore College; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02160.x
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 1055-1078
• 关键词: SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; recent trends; men; models

摘要

One conjectured benefit of a marriage-like legal status for same-sex couples is a reduction in the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STI). In this study, I discuss how such a policy might influence risky sexual behaviour and STI rates. I also present reduced-form empirical evidence on whether same-sex partnership laws have reduced STI rates, using country-level panel data from Europe. The results suggest that these laws led to statistically significant reductions in syphilis but not in infections that are not sexually transmitted. However, their effects on the incidence of gonorrhoea and HIV were also smaller and statistically imprecise.