TY  - JOUR
AB  - 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).
VL  - 37
IS  - 1
SN  - 0143-7720
DO  - 10.1108/IJM-03-2014-0080
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-03-2014-0080
AU  - Humpert Stephan
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Somewhere over the rainbow: sexual orientation and earnings in Germany
T2  - International Journal of Manpower
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 69
EP  - 98
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -