Self-employment, earnings, and sexual orientation
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The Earnings Effects of Sexual Orientation
This investigation of the effect of sexual orientation on earnings employs General Social Survey data from 1989–96. Depending largely on the definition of sexual orientation used, earnings are estimated as having been between 14% and 16% lower for gay men than for heterosexual men, and between 20% and 34% higher for lesbian women than for heterosexual women. This evidence, the authors suggest, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Review of Economics of the Household
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1569-5239,1573-7152
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-016-9351-z