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Title: Measuring the Sexual Orientation Wage Gap within Racial Groups

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: The aim of this paper is to provide empirical evidence on the differentials between race and sexual orientations in the distribution of income/salary and the amount or public assistance received. Using data from the U.S. Census from 2013-2017, I explore different alternatives for the sexual orientation wage gap: human capital differences, industry choice, numbers of hours worker per week and other labour market decisions. Depending on the outcome, I find that people of colour face primarily face a wage penalty. White workers face a wage advantage. However, the extent of the gap is dependent on the individual's gender, racial and sexual orientation combination. To provide additional explanation, I use the Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition to examine the distributions between each racial and sexual group. The results show that there is a definite wage gap between racial and sexual orientation groups, while workers of colour face the highest unexplained portions of that gap.

Url: https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1144&context=econ_studt_schol

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Authors: Islar, Zoe

Institution: Skidmore College

Department: Economics

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Degree: Honors

Publisher Location: Saratoga Springs, New York

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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