An Empirical Analysis of Homosexual/Heterosexual Male Earnings Differentials: Unmarried and Unequal?
Using data from the 1990 U.S. Census (PUMS 5%), the authors present the first large-scale study of wage differentials between heterosexual and homosexual men. The homosexual sample, consisting of gay men in unmarried partnered relationships, are estimated to have earned 15.6% less than similarly qualified married heterosexual men, and 2.4% less than similarly qualified unmarried partnered heterosexual men. The authors interpret these two figures as upper- and lower-bound estimates of the differential between homosexual and heterosexual men. The dual comparison enables the authors to disentangle the penalty to being unmarried from other determinants of the wage differential; estimated at 14.1%, this variable appears to be the main source of the wage gap.
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2001
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Authors: | Allegretto, Sylvia A. ; Arthur, Michelle M. |
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ILR Review. - Cornell University, ILR School. - Vol. 54.2001, 3, p. 631-646
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Cornell University, ILR School |
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