GAY PAY FOR STRAIGHT WORK: Mechanisms Generating Disadvantage

• Published in: Gender & society Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 561 - 588
• Main Authors: WAITE, SEAN, DENIER, NICOLE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications 01.08.2015; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Employment; Gays & lesbians; Human capital; Labor force; Occupations; Wage differential; Canada; sexual minority pay gaps; Canada; earnings; lesbian; employment; gay

Drawing from the gender wage gap literature, we explore four possible causes of sexual minority earnings gaps: (1) variation in human capital and labor force participation, (2) occupational and industrial sorting, (3) differences in the institutional organization of the public and private sector, an...