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Publication Date: October 2006
Publisher:
Author(s): M.V. Lee Badgett; Brad Sears; Roger Lee; Danielle MacCartney
Research Area: Economics; Law and ethics
Type: Report
Coverage: Colorado
Abstract:
This analysis estimates the impact of establishing domestic partnership for same-sex couples on Colorado's state budget. Using the best data available, we estimate that allowing same-sex couples to enter into domestic partnerships under the proposed "Colorado Domestic Partnership Benefits and Responsibilities Act" will result in a net gain of approximately $1.2 million each year for the State. This net increase will result from savings in expenditures on state means-tested public benefits programs and from an increase in sales tax revenue from registration celebrations.