Sexual Orientation and Wage Differentials in Brazilian Labour Market

Authors

  • Daniel Suliano Instituto de Pesquisa e Estratégia Econômica do Ceara
  • Guilherme Irffi Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Márcio V. Corrêa Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Alexsandre Calvancante Instituto de Pesquisa e Estratégia Econômica do Ceará
  • Jimmy Oliveira Instituto de Pesquisa e Estratégia Econômica do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1413-8050/ea123974

Keywords:

New Arrangements Family, Sexual Orientation, Census, Differential Wages

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the wage gap according to sexual orientation by making use of the new methodology of family arrangement identification from the Brazilian Census of 2010. No systematic patterns were found on men and women regressions. However, statistically significant differences in favor of homosexuals were found on both models. It should be mentioned that gay couples earn on average 25.11% more than heterosexual couples, after controlling for occupational and the economic sector. Regarding women, lesbian couples earn on average 13.84% more than their heterosexual counterparts after controlling for the observed characteristics in a sample selection correction model

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Published

2016-09-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Papers

How to Cite

Suliano, D., Irffi, G., Corrêa, M. V., Calvancante, A., & Oliveira, J. (2016). Sexual Orientation and Wage Differentials in Brazilian Labour Market. Economia Aplicada, 20(3), 195-222. https://doi.org/10.11606/1413-8050/ea123974