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

IF 2.3 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1007/s10834-022-09835-2

John Levendis, Aaron Lowen

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Abstract

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.

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同性收养法可以告诉我们美国的性别工资差距。

性别工资差距通常被解释为直接歧视、雇主对人格特质的偏好以及不同的劳动力依恋。我们依靠一个自然的准实验，利用州一级同性收养法的外生变化来区分性别工资差距的相互竞争的解释。根据“差异中的差异”模型的估计，在那些同性伴侣收养子女合法化的州，女同性恋和异性恋女性之间的工资差距缩小或逆转。男性的工资差距没有改变。这支持了父母身份假说作为部分性别工资差距的可行解释。

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics

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5.10

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： Journal of Family and Economic Issues is an interdisciplinary publication that explores the intricate relationship between the family and its economic environment. Peer-reviewed contributions address important issues in family management, household labor and productivity, relationships between economic and non-economic issues including health and healthcare, as well as interrelations between external settings and family life, including family policy, work, and community. The journal features the following types of submissions: original research, critical reviews, brief communications, invited letters to the editor, and reviews of significant books on the field.