Somewhere over the Rainbow: Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Germany

Stephan Humpert

No 245, Working Paper Series in Economics from University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Wage Discrimination; Labor Supply; Sexual Orientation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J22 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2012-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dem, nep-eur and nep-lma
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