Sexual orientation and occupational rank

Ali Ahmed (), Lina Andersson () and Mats Hammarstedt ()
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Ali Ahmed: Linnaeus University and Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
Lina Andersson: Linnaeus University
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Lina Aldén

Economics Bulletin, 2011, vol. 31, issue 3, 2422-2433

Abstract: This paper presents a study of differences in occupational rank between gay and heterosexual males as well as between lesbian and heterosexual females. We estimate different specifications of an ordered probit model on register data from Sweden. Our data consist of married heterosexual men and women and homosexual men and women living in civil unions. We find that homosexual men have a lower probability of working in a profession demanding a longer university education or a management profession than heterosexual men. In contrast, we find that homosexual women are more likely than heterosexual women to work in such professions.

Keywords: Sexual orientation; labour market; occupational rank (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-08-29
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