Effect of State and Local Sexual Orientation Anti-Discrimination Laws on Labor Market Differentials

Delhommer, Scott

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3625193

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“…Developing inclusive recruitment policies should prove beneficial for employers. In the US, Delhommer (2020) found that anti-discrimination laws can reduce by 11 percent the hourly earnings penalty for gay men relative to heterosexual men. In Britain, Wang et al (2018) found that working in an organization with a diversity and equity management policy had positively affected the earnings of gay men.…”

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Sexual orientation and earnings: a meta-analysis 2012–2020

Drydakis

2021

J Popul Econ

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This meta-analysis utilizes 24 papers published between 2012-2020 that focus on earnings differences by sexual orientation. The papers cover the period between 1991 and 2018, and countries in Europe, North America and Australia. The meta-analysis indicates that gay men earned less than heterosexual men. Lesbian women earned more than heterosexual women, while bisexual men earned less than heterosexual men. Bisexual women earned less than heterosexual women. According to the meta-analysis, in data sets after 2010, gay men and bisexual men and women continue to experience earnings penalties, while lesbian women continue to experience earnings premiums. Τhe meta-regression estimates indicate relationships between study characteristics and the estimated earnings effects for sexual minorities. For instance, regions, sexual minority data set sizes, and earnings classifications influence the outcomes. The persistence of earnings penalties for gay men and bisexual men and women in the face of anti-discrimination policies represents a cause for concern and indicates the need for comprehensive legislation and workplace guidelines to guarantee that people receive fair pay and not experience any form of workplace inequality simply because of their sexual orientation.

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Sexual orientation and earnings: a meta-analysis 2012–2020

Drydakis

2021

J Popul Econ

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“…9 We infer sexual orientation from household composition. While common in literature (Black et al, 2003;Delhommer, 2020), this approach does not give perfect information on sexual orientation or relationship status. First, the most troubling concern would be if a person's sex is mis-assigned, artificially listing a couple to be in a same-sex partnership.…”

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Same‐Sex Couples and the Gains to Marriage: The Importance of the Legal Environment

Delhommer¹,

Hamermesh²

2021

J Policy Anal Manage

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Same-sex couples' marital surplus, their excess total income over that predicted by their work times and expected wages, increases little as the duration of their relationship lengthens. When/where same-sex marriage is legal, it rises sharply as duration increases. The availability of legal domestic partnership or civil union has no effect on the surplus. The likelihood of home ownership conditional on demographic characteristics also increases with partnerships' duration only when/where same-sex marriage is legal. These results, based on data from the American Community Survey 2013 to 2017, support the notion that greater legal protection enhances partners' incentives to invest in their relationship, producing gains for society in the form of higher tax revenues, larger inheritances, and more stable communities.

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“…Although both the lesbian premium and the gay male penalty converge toward zero prior to 11 Recent work in the area of sexual orientation and labor supply looks closely at the role of factors such as tolerance (Hansen, Martell, and Roncolato, 2020b) and state and local policies (Delhommer, 2020). 12 As mentioned above, we exclude individuals with allocated values for employment.…”

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Convergence over time or not? U.S. wages by sexual orientation, 2000–2019

Jepsen

2022

Labour Economics

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Effect of State and Local Sexual Orientation Anti-Discrimination Laws on Labor Market Differentials

Cited by 15 publications

References 24 publications

Sexual orientation and earnings: a meta-analysis 2012–2020

Sexual orientation and earnings: a meta-analysis 2012–2020

Same‐Sex Couples and the Gains to Marriage: The Importance of the Legal Environment

Convergence over time or not? U.S. wages by sexual orientation, 2000–2019

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