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Matching Patterns among Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples in Latin America

  • Ercio A. Muñoz
  • Dario Sansone
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 114, May 2024
(pp. 279–83)
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Abstract

Using microdata from the censuses of eight countries in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay), this paper describes matching patterns by age, ethnicity, and education among same-sex and different-sex couples. It shows that same-sex couples are more diverse than different-sex couples in terms of age, ethnicity, and education, although the differences are not large or statistically significant for ethnicity and education in all countries. It also reports notable differences between male and female same-sex couples, particularly in age and education matching.

Citation

Muñoz, Ercio A., and Dario Sansone. 2024. "Matching Patterns among Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples in Latin America." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 114: 279–83. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20241042

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JEL Classification

  • I20 Education and Research Institutions: General
  • J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
  • J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
  • J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
  • O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration