Poverty in US Lesbian and Gay Couple Households
利用2010-2014年美国社区调查数据，比较异性恋已婚夫妇与同性恋伴侣家庭的贫困率，发现同性恋伴侣家庭更易陷入贫困，但教育、劳动参与和无子女因素降低了其贫困风险，且女同性恋伴侣的贫困脆弱性更高。
Poverty is a widely researched topic in economics. However, despite growing research on the economic lives of lesbians and gay men in the United States since the mid 1990s, very little is known about poverty in same-sex couple households. This study uses American Community Survey data from 2010 to 2014 to calculate poverty rates for households headed by different-sex versus same-sex couples. Comparing households with similar characteristics, the results show that those headed by same-sex couples are more likely to be in poverty than those headed by different-sex married couples. Despite that overall disadvantage, a decomposition of the poverty risk shows that same-sex couples are protected from poverty by their higher levels of education and labor force participation, and their lower probability of having a child in the home. Lastly, the role of gender – above and beyond sexual orientation – is clear in the greater vulnerability to poverty for lesbian couples.