Somewhere over the Rainbow: Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Germany
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Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2012. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 245).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Somewhere over the Rainbow: Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Germany
AU - Humpert, Stephan
PY - 2012/7/24
Y1 - 2012/7/24
N2 - This paper observes sexual orientation based differences in German incomes. Gay men and lesbian women sort themselves into different occupations and sectors than their heterosexual counterparts. I find evidence that cohabitating gay men have an income penalty of 9 to 10 percent compared with married men, while lesbian women have a premium of about 10 to 12 percent compared with married women. Lesbians in a registered same-sex union have an income gain of about 16 to 21 percent, while the effect for men is not statistically significant. There is evidence that gay households have 9 to 15 percent higher household income than mixed-sex couples. The results for lesbian household income are not statistically significant.
AB - This paper observes sexual orientation based differences in German incomes. Gay men and lesbian women sort themselves into different occupations and sectors than their heterosexual counterparts. I find evidence that cohabitating gay men have an income penalty of 9 to 10 percent compared with married men, while lesbian women have a premium of about 10 to 12 percent compared with married women. Lesbians in a registered same-sex union have an income gain of about 16 to 21 percent, while the effect for men is not statistically significant. There is evidence that gay households have 9 to 15 percent higher household income than mixed-sex couples. The results for lesbian household income are not statistically significant.
KW - Economics
KW - Wage Discrimination
KW - Labor Supply
KW - Sexual Orientation
KW - Economics, empirical/statistics
KW - Management studies
KW - Sociology
KW - Gender and Diversity
M3 - Working papers
T3 - University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics
BT - Somewhere over the Rainbow: Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Germany
PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
CY - Lüneburg
ER -