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Same-sex marriage and health insurance coverage decisions by employers

Award Number: R21MD017113
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/07/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2025

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Same-sex marriage and health insurance coverage decisions by employers - PROJECT SUMMARY We provide new evidence on the effects of legal access to same-sex marriage on employer decisions about health insurance benefits for same-sex domestic partners of employees. No prior work has used high quality employer surveys such as those we propose to use here: the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Insurance Component has asked over 40,000 public and private employers about same-sex domestic partner health benefits since 2013. Together with restricted access to geolocation of the employer, we will examine how the rollout of legal access to same-sex marriage affected decisions about these benefits, and we will examine whether employer characteristics such as firm size or industry are systematically related to the effects of legal same-sex marriage on these employer decisions.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = -$129,093 )
2025	2023	NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC	1050 MASSACHUSETTS AVE	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02138	MIDDLESEX	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	2	8/1/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$129,093
														Subtotal = -$129,093

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $158,421 )
2023	2023	NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC	1050 MASSACHUSETTS AVE	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02138	MIDDLESEX	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	2	4/9/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$158,421
														Subtotal = $158,421

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $157,038 )
2022	2022	NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.	1050 MASSACHUSETTS AVE	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02138	MIDDLESEX	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	1	8/7/2022	NEW	$157,038
														Subtotal = $157,038

Grand Total All Awards = $186,366

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Same-sex marriage and health insurance coverage decisions by employers

Award Number: R21MD017113

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/07/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2025

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