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Sexual orientation and earnings: a register data-based approach to identify homosexuals

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  • Mats Hammarstedt

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  • Ali Ahmed & Mats Hammarstedt, 2010. "Sexual orientation and earnings: a register data-based approach to identify homosexuals," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 23(3), pages 835-849, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:23:y:2010:i:3:p:835-849
    DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0265-4
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    Keywords

    Sexual orientation; Labour market; Earnings; J15; J71;
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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