Sentences with phrase «lesbian wage premium»

A study from 2009 now getting buzz on the blogosphere explored the role marriage plays in the lesbian wage premium, and found that women who don't expect to be part of a traditional family spend more time investing in labour participation through on - the - job training and working longer hours than household skills.

After controlling for marriage, they found the lesbian wage premium dropped to 5.2 % and there was no significant wage difference between previously married lesbians and never - married heterosexuals.

The study did not account for time off work for children, but did cite a study from 2007 that concludes lesbian wage premiums are larger in households with children.

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Previous studies have controlled for the fact that lesbians are better educated, more likely to be white, have fewer children and live in cities, but a 6 % wage premium still exists.