Gay men earn 11% ls while lbian women earn 9% more than their heterosexual unterparts.
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THE GAY PAY GAP: MEN EARN LS, BUT WOMEN EARN MORE
* gay pay disparity *
Intertgly, works two different directns: most studi show a wage penalty for gay men but a wage premium for lbian women pared wh their heterosexual unterparts. One analysis of 32 studi om several untri found that on average, gay men earned 11% ls than heterosexual men, while lbian women earned 9% more than heterosexual women. Wh the data on gay people, there are also variatns between untri and pendg on how exactly sexual orientatn is classified, for example whether ’s based on survey evince or habatn – and there are studi such as this one om the US that found gay men actually earng more.
One possible explanatn is the work choic that gay people make. Rearch suggts gay men are more likely to avoid occupatns that are more male-domated than other men (which clus the bt paid jobs), while lbian women are more likely to avoid female-domated occupatns than other women (which are typilly worse paid). But why do gay people enter different profsns?
A key qutn is whether the differenc wag and choice of employment are driven by prejudice, or whether they are the rult of some nate, work-relevant tras of gay people related to their preferenc or skills. If gay men are paid ls bee of prejudice, then society is not makg the bt e of their skills and productivy. This would be enomilly efficient and would hold back output, bee would suggt that gay men are not makg the ntributn that they uld.