Open AccessWage differentials of males and females in same-sex and different-sex couples in Canada, 2006–2010
Author(s) -
Richard E. Mueller
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
canadian studies in population
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1927-629X
pISSN - 0380-1489
DOI - 10.25336/p60602
Subject(s) - earnings , wage , differential (mechanical device) , psychology , demographic economics , demography , economics , labour economics , sociology , accounting , engineering , aerospace engineering
This paper utilizes five cycles of the General Social Survey in consecutive years from 2006 through 2010 to address the issue of differential wages amongst members of same-sex couples compared to their counterparts in different-sex couples. We find that men in gay couples have wages that are statistically indistinguishable from those of males in heterosexual relationships. By contrast, a sizeable and statistically significant earnings premium exists for lesbians in same-sex couples.