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The Extent of Income Disparities Based on the Intersections of Sex and Sexual Orientation: Revisiting a 2003 Study by John M. Blandford

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Title The Extent of Income Disparities Based on the Intersections of Sex and Sexual Orientation: Revisiting a 2003 Study by John M. Blandford
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EE7UJZ
 
Creator Gross, Wesley J.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Using data from the 1998 to 2012 General Social Survey (GSS), this study uses a broad approach to examine the extent of annual income differences between queer males and queer females and their heterosexual group counterparts. The research primarily revisits a 2003 study by John M. Blandford, but approaches the data using a propensity score matching approach rather than through OLS regression. Overall, while Blandford found that queer males experience a significant income penalty and queer females face an income premium, my research finds that queer status has no statistically significant effect on income. Though the heterosexual and the queer groups are successfully matched, my research finds that queer males and queer females are not systematically receiving higher or lower incomes in the modern labor market.
 
Subject Business and Management
sexual orientation, queer, income differentials, income disparity
 
Date 2015-05-01
 
Contributor Benmen, Jessica