Sexual orientation and earnings: Evidence from the ISSP

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1351-1354

  Heineck, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; INCOME; SEXUALITY; SURVEY;

EID: 70349564131     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850701367353     Document Type: Article

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