Coming out in America

Raquel Fernández, Sahar Parsa interviewed by Tim Phillips, 26 November 2021

Two new papers pinpoint the election of 1992 as a turning point in the attitudes of Americans to same-sex relationships, and ask, what has caused this change? Raquel Fernandez and Sahar Parsa of NYU tell Tim Phillips about the complex relationship between political and social attitudes.

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Fernández, R and Parsa, S. 2021. 'Gay Politics Goes Mainstream: Democrats, Republicans, and Same-Sex Relationships'. CEPR

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Topics:  Frontiers of economic research

Tags:  Cultural change, heterogeneous effects, LGBTQ, social attitudes, political parties, public opinion

Raquel Fernández

Professor, New York University

Sahar Parsa

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, New York University

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