What Same-Sex Adoption Laws Can Tell Us About the Gender Wage Gap in the United States

被引：1

作者：

Levendis, John ^{[1
]}

Lowen, Aaron ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Loyola Univ, Coll Business, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA

[2] Grand Valley State Univ, Dept Econ, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF FAMILY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES | 2023年 / 44卷 / 02期

关键词：

Discrimination; Gender; Sexual orientation; Wage differentials; ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION; EARNINGS; PERSONALITY; MOTHERHOOD; MEN; PARENTHOOD; MARRIAGE; COMPETE; PENALTY; INCOME;

D O I：

10.1007/s10834-022-09835-2

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Gender wage gaps are frequently explained as resulting from direct discrimination, employers' preferences over personality traits, and differing labor force attachment. We rely on a natural quasi-experiment using exogenous changes in state-level, same-sex adoption laws to distinguish between the competing explanations of the gender wage gap. Estimates from a differences-in-differences model show the wage gap between lesbians and heterosexual women shrank or inverted in those states which legalized adoption by same-sex couples. The wage gap did not change for men. This supports the parenthood hypothesis as a viable explanation for a portion of the gender wage gap.

引用

页码：473 / 489

页数：17

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