Date of Award
Spring 5-3-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Economics
First Advisor
Kenneth J. McLaughlin
Second Advisor
Karna Basu
Academic Program Adviser
Karna Basu
Abstract
On General Social Survey data from 2008–2018, I estimate the impact of sexual orientation on wages by addressing mismeasurement in sexual orientation that causes the estimates to attenuate towards zero. I use interval regression to estimate wages on reported sexual orientation. I then identify consistent reports of sexual orientation and sexual behavior to estimate wage gaps between individuals whose reported sexual orientation is consistent with their behavior. Removing inconsistent reports reduces the amount of attenuation that biases the estimates. Interacting sexual orientation and sexual behavior improves the wage gap estimates slightly and increases the value in absolute terms, suggesting that sexual orientation is mismeasured. My findings, however, are not statistically significant across all specifications
Recommended Citation
Lowe, Curtis, "The Impact of Sexual Orientation and Sexual Behavior on Wages" (2024). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1197