Ahmed, Ali M. () (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University) Hammarstedt, Mats () (School of Management and Economics, Växjö University)
Abstract
This paper examine earnings differentials between homo- and heterosexual individuals by identifying sexual orientation with the help of information from register data. Register data enable us to avoid the misclassifications of sexual orientation often mentioned as a potential bias in survey based studies. The results show that gay men are at an earnings disadvantage as compared to male heterosexuals while the earnings differential between lesbians and heterosexual women is very small. Our results are in line with results from previous research but are more reliable since we use a more reliable measure of sexual orientation than previous research.
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Paper provided by Göteborg University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers in Economics with number
285.
Length: 31 pages Date of creation: 06 Feb 2008 Date of revision:
01 Sep 2005 Handle: RePEc:hhs:gunwpe:0285
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