Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284667 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Working Paper Series No. 2023/05
Publisher: 
Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland
Abstract: 
We provide the first evidence on sexual orientation and earnings in New Zealand (NZ), one of the most inclusive countries for LGBTQ+ people in the world. We use confidential linked census-tax data to compare outcomes for individuals in same-sex couples versus different-sex couples. We find patterns of earnings differentials in NZ that are strikingly similar to those documented in other developed countries: men in same-sex couples earn about 7.5 percent less than otherwise similar men in different-sex couples while women in same-sex couples earn about 6 percent more than otherwise similar women in different-sex couples.
Subjects: 
sexual orientation
earnings
New Zealand
administrative taxdata
population census
JEL: 
J1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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