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Title: Does It Get Better? Recent Estimates of Sexual Orientation and Earnings in the United States

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Using 2013–2015 National Health Interview Survey data, we reproduce a well-documented finding that self-identified lesbians earn significantly more than comparable heterosexual women. These data also show—for the first time in the literature—that self-identified gay men also earn significantly more than comparable heterosexual men, a difference on the order of 10% of annual earnings. We discuss several possible explanations for the new finding of a gay male earnings premium and suggest that reduced discrimination and changing patterns of household specialization are unlikely to be the primary mechanisms.

Url: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/soej.12233/full

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Authors: Carpenter, Christopher, S; Eppink, Samuel, T

Periodical (Full): Southern Economic Journal

Issue: 2

Volume: 84

Pages: 15

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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