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Meta‐Analysis of the Effects of Sexual Orientation on Earnings
Author(s) -
Klawitter Marieka
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/irel.12075
Subject(s) - sexual orientation , earnings , psychology , work (physics) , orientation (vector space) , sample (material) , meta analysis , demographic economics , regression analysis , demography , social psychology , economics , statistics , medicine , mathematics , sociology , accounting , engineering , mechanical engineering , chemistry , geometry , chromatography
Most studies show that gay men earn less and lesbians earn more than their heterosexual counterparts, but the size of estimated sexual orientation differences varies greatly across studies. Using studies published between 1995 and 2012, a meta‐regression shows that the gay sample size, sexual orientation measure, and controls for work intensity explain variation in estimates for men. For women, there are few conclusive influences although controlling for work intensity seems to be most important.