Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34955 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3290
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Gay/bisexual workers tend to earn less than other men. Does this occur because of discrimination or because of selection? In this paper we address this question and collect new information on workplace disclosure to separate out discrimination effects from selection effects. Using a large sample of recently graduated men in the Netherlands, we find that gay/bisexual workers earn about 3 to 4 percent less than other men. Our disclosure estimates, however, provide little evidence that the labor market discriminates against gay/bisexual workers. They rather support the selection story, most prominently observed among undisclosed gay/bisexual workers who concentrate in lower paid occupations, and earn about 5 to 9 percent less than other men.
Subjects: 
Sexual orientation
disclosure
earnings
discrimination
selection
JEL: 
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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