Do laws shape attitudes? Evidence from same-sex relationship recognition policies in Europe
Do laws shape attitudes? Evidence from same-sex relationship recognition policies in Europe
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DOI：
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103399
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发表时间：
2020-05-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Tran, Kevin D.
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作者：
Aksoy, Cevat G.;Carpenter, Christopher S.;Tran, Kevin D.
了解法律是否塑造或仅仅反映公民的态度是重要的，但在经验上是困难的。我们通过研究欧洲法律的同性关系承认政策（SSRRP）和对性少数群体的态度之间的关系，为这个问题提供了新的证据。利用2002-2016年欧洲社会调查的数据，并利用各国SSRRP时间的变化，我们表明，法律的关系认可与对性少数群体态度的统计学显着改善相关。这些影响在各人口群体中普遍存在，但在性别不平等程度较低的国家，对较保守群体的影响一直较大。我们的研究结果表明，法律可以在塑造社会态度方面发挥强大的影响力。(C)2020爱思唯尔B. V.保留所有权利。
Understanding whether laws shape or simply reflect citizens' attitudes is important but empirically difficult. We provide new evidence on this question by studying the relation between legal same-sex relationship recognition policies (SSRRPs) and attitudes toward sexual minorities in Europe. Using data from the European Social Surveys covering 2002-2016 and exploiting variation in the timing of SSRRPs across countries, we show that legal relationship recognition is associated with statistically significant improvements in attitudes toward sexual minorities. These effects are widespread across demographic groups but are consistently larger for more conservative groups in countries with less gender equality. Our results suggest that laws can exert a powerful influence in shaping societal attitudes. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.