The Effect of Requiring Private Employers to Extend Health Benefit Eligibility to Same-Sex Partners of Employees: Evidence from California

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 388-403

  Buchmueller, Thomas C ^a   Carpenter, Christopher S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84861575941     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.21603     Document Type: Article

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