Educational Attainment and the Lesbian Wage Premium |
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Authors: | Nasser Daneshvary C Jeffrey Waddoups Bradley S Wimmer |
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Institution: | (1) University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-6005, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper provides insight into the wage gap between lesbians and heterosexual women. Using data from the 2000 Decennial
Census, we find a lesbian premium that equals approximately 10% for women without a bachelor’s degree, and is nearly non-existent
for women with higher levels of education. These findings are consistent with proposition that the gap between lesbians’ and
heterosexual women’s commitment to the labor market narrows at higher levels of education. We also find that controls for
industry and occupation exert only a small effect on the gap between lesbian and heterosexual women’s wages.
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Keywords: | Wages Lesbians Heterosexuals Education |
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