The disappearing gay income penalty

Since 1995, labor economists have reported on the income disparities between individuals who engage in same-sex behavior and those that do not. Many of these papers report a significant wage penalty, while others find no effect, but few look at the trend over time. We find, using National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 1988 to 2007, that the income gap has reversed over time from a penalty to a premium.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Clarke, Geoffrey ; Sevak, Purvi
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 121.2013, 3, p. 542-545
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Sexual orientation \| Income \| Diminishing gap

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J2 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation ; J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs ; J7 - Discrimination
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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