WAGE DIFFERENTIALS OF MALES AND FEMALES IN SAME-SEX AND DIFFERENT-SEX COUPLES IN CANADA, 2006-2010
ABSTRACT
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.
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