Entry:

Badgett, M.V. Lee, "The Wage Effects of Sexual Orientation Discrimination," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 48 (July, 1995), 726-739.


Abstract:

Gay and bisexual men earn 11% to 27% less than their heterosexual counterparts. Lesbian and bisexual women also earn less than heterosexual women, although the disparity among women is not as pronounced as it is among men.

GSS Years:

1989-1991

Other Data Sets:

Outlook Survey 1998; Simmons Market Research 1989; Teichner/San Francisco Examiner 1989

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

NUMMEN

NUMBER OF MALE SEX PARTNERS SINCE 18

NUMWOMEN

NUMBER OF FEMALE SEX PARTNERS SINCE 18

WRKSTAT

LABOR FRCE STATUS

RINCOME

RESPONDENTS INCOME

OCC80

RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1980)

SEXSEX

SEX OF SEX PARTNERS IN LAST YEAR

MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

SRCBELT

SRC BELTCODE

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT