Differences do not matter: Exploring the wage gap for same-sex behaving men

Eastern Economic Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-71

  Martell, Michael E ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensating differentials; Gay and lesbian wage differentials; Labor discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870708473     PISSN: 00945056     EISSN: 19394632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eej.2012.4     Document Type: Article

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