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Assistive Reproductive Treatment (ART) clinics use various procedures to help patients facing infertility issues and same-sex couples have children. Using CDC Data, I find that same-sex marriage legalization boosted frozen donated births by 6-10 births per clinic. Due to the improving health profile of individuals receiving ART treatments, this impact is likely driven by same-sex couples’ uptake of ART. Additionally, these increases were distinct from the increased usage of ART due to the Affordable Care Act. However, subsequently, these effects diminish at the clinic level due to an increase in the number of clinics and an exhaustion of the demand.
Working Papers
The legalization of same-sex marriage (SSM) in the United States has had significant economic impacts on households. In this paper, I explore how SSM legalization has affected adoptive households nationwide, leveraging the staggered rollout across different states. Using data from the American Community Survey (ACS) from 2008 to 2016, I analyze the impact on households led by men and women in same-sex relationships. I find that SSM legalization led to lower adoption rates for women in same-sex relationships. Furthermore, women in same-sex adoptive households experienced an income increase, averaging 20 percentage points higher after SSM legalization compared to women in non-adoptive same-sex households.
Resume Audit Studies (RAS) are one of the only ways to document the existence of discrimination within hiring practices through callback rates. In this paper, I attempt to run a RAS to look into the use of pronouns on resumes. I investigate whether including pronouns on your resume will decrease the rate by which an employer requests more information, and whether the state and current LGBT+ laws protect these individuals. I find that pronouns are not as substantial an issue as the perceived gender of your name. I additionally find that Artificial Intelligence may impede any future RAS.