Arbeitspapier
Do Gays Shy Away from Competition? Do Lesbians Compete Too Much?
It is an established fact that gay men earn less than other men and lesbian women earn more than other women. In this paper we study whether differences in competitive preferences, which have emerged as a likely determinant of labour market differences between men and women, can provide a plausible explanation. We conduct an experiment on a Dutch online survey panel to measure the competitiveness of gay, lesbian and straight panel members. For differences in competitiveness to partially explain sexual orientation differences in earnings, gay men would need to be less competitive than other men and lesbian women more competitive than other women. Our findings confirm this competitiveness hypothesis for men, but not for women. Gay men compete less than other men, while lesbian women compete as much as other women. Linking our experimental measure to survey data, we show that competitiveness is a significant predictor of earnings. Differences in competitiveness can account for a significant portion of the gay earnings penalty, but cannot explain the lesbian premium.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9382
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: General
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- Thema
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experiments
sexual orientation
gender
competitiveness
education
earnings
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Buser, Thomas
Geijtenbeek, Lydia
Plug, Erik
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Buser, Thomas
- Geijtenbeek, Lydia
- Plug, Erik
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2015
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