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Is there a 'marriage premium' for gay men?
Zavodny, Madeline - 2007
It is well-known that married men earn more than comparable single men, with typical estimates of the male marriage premium in the range of 10 to 20 percent. Some research also finds that cohabiting men earn more than men not living with a female partner. This study uses data from the General...
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Sexual orientation and household savings: Do homosexual couples save more?
Negrusa, Brighita; Oreffice, Sonia - 2010
We analyze how sexual orientation is related to household savings using 2000 US Census data, and find that gay and lesbian couples own significantly more retirement income than heterosexuals, while cohabiting heterosexuals save more than their married counterparts. In a household savings model,...
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The sexual orientation wage gap: the role of occupational sorting, human capital, and discrimination
Antecol, Heather; Jong, Anneke; Steinberger, Michael D. - 2007
Using data from the 2000 U.S. Census, we document and explore three alternative explanations for the sexual orientation wage gap: occupational sorting, human capital differences, and discrimination. We find lesbian women earn more than their heterosexual counterparts irrespective of marital...
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Sexual orientation, disclosure and earnings
Plug, Erik; Berkhout, Peter - 2008
Gay/bisexual workers tend to earn less than other men. Does this occur because of discrimination or because of selection? In this paper we address this question and collect new information on workplace disclosure to separate out discrimination effects from selection effects. Using a large sample...
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Marriage, partnership and sexual orientation: a study of British university academics and administrators
Booth, Alison L.; Frank, Jeff - 2008
Using a unique data source on marital status, partnership and sexual orientation of academics and administrators at British universities, we estimate the impact of personal relationships upon earnings for men and women. While university data cover a relatively homogeneous group of workers, the...
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Men's sexual orientation and job satisfaction
Drydakis, Nick - 2012
This study investigates the differences in three aspects of job satisfaction - total pay, promotion prospects, and respect received from one's supervisor - between male heterosexual and gay employees in Athens, Greece. Gay employees are found to be less satisfied according to all job...
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Sexual orientation discrimination in the cypriot labour market: Distastes or uncertainty?
Drydakis, Nick - 2012
Sexual orientation and employment bias is examined in Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus: Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos) by implementing an experiment for the period 2010-2011. The design is aimed at answering three main questions: Do gay and lesbian people face occupational access constraints and...
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Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment
Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2019
Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
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The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks
Gershenson, Seth; Tekin, Erdal - 2015
potential to disrupt student learning in numerous ways. For example, these events can reduce instructional time by causing … teacher and student absences, school closures, and disturbances to usual classroom routines. Similarly, they might also … Sniper" attacks on student achievement in Virginia's public schools. In order to identify the causal impact of these events …
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The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks
Gershenson, Seth; Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
potential to disrupt student learning in numerous ways. For example, these events can reduce instructional time by causing … teacher and student absences, school closures, and disturbances to usual classroom routines. Similarly, they might also … Sniper" attacks on student achievement in Virginia's public schools. In order to identify the causal impact of these events …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011228300