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Marriage Equality and the Creative Class
Publication Date: May 2009
Author(s): Gary J Gates
Topic: Population and demographics (Migrants and migration)
Social conditions (Marriage and family life)
Keywords: gay; marriage; creative class; mobility
Type: Brief
Coverage: Massachusetts
Abstract:
Data from the American Community Survey suggest that marriage equality has a small but positive impact on the number of individuals in same-sex couples who are attracted to a state. However, marriage equality appears to have a larger impact on the types of individuals in same-sex couples who are attracted to a state. This study shows that in Massachusetts marriage equality resulted in an increase of younger, female, and more highly educated and skilled individuals in same-sex couples moving to the state.