Somewhere over the rainbow: sexual orientation and earnings in Germany

Stephan Humpert

International Journal of Manpower, 2016, vol. 37, issue 1, 69-98

Abstract: Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to observe sexual orientation-based differences in German incomes. Gay men and lesbian women sort themselves into different occupations and sectors than their heterosexual counterparts. Design/methodology/approach - – Analysis of German Mikrozensus data for 2009. Mincer-style OLS income regerssions. Findings - – The author finds evidence that cohabiting gay men have an income penalty of 5-6 per cent compared with married men, while lesbian women have a premium of about 9-10 per cent compared with married women. Lesbians in a registered same-sex union have an income gain of about 12-16 per cent, while the effect for men is not statistically significant. Originality/value - – This is the first paper using German data to analyse income differentials based on sexual orientation (gays and lesbians).

Keywords: Gender; Earnings; Sexual discrimination; Same-sex (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1108/IJM-03-2014-0080

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