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Sexual orientation and neighborhood quality: Do same-sex couples make better communities?

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Fu, Shihe

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This study provides an initial empirical analysis on identifying the general relationship between housing values and the spatial distribution of same-sex couples across the U.S. The paper uses the 1990 and 2000 census 5% Public Use Microdata Samples and introduces the gay index into the social-amenity-based hedonic housing models. The results show significant correlation between the spatial concentration of same-sex couples and housing values; furthermore, housing values are higher in a city where the proportion of same-sex couples was higher a decade ago, suggesting that same-sex couples make better communities.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 7678.

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Keywords: Same-sex couples Hedonic housing model Gentrification Gay index

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J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination
R31 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Production Analysis and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets
R14 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns

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