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MEASURING THE EFFECT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION ON INCOME: EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION?

  1. Nathan Berg1,
  2. Donald Lien2,†

Article first published online: 18 JUL 2008

DOI: 10.1093/cep/20.4.394

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Contemporary Economic Policy

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volume 20, Issue 4, pages 394–414, October 2002

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Berg, N. and Lien, D. (2002), MEASURING THE EFFECT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION ON INCOME: EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION?. Contemporary Economic Policy, 20: 394–414. doi: 10.1093/cep/20.4.394

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  1. 1

    Berg: Cecil and Ida Green Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Dallas, GR 31 211300, Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083. E-mail nberg@utdallas.edu

  2. 2

    Lien: Professor, Department of Economics, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249. E-mail dlien@utsa.edu

  1. †

    This is a Revised version of a paper presented at the Midwest Economertics Group Meeting, March 2000, in Checago, Illinois, as part of a session organized by Mark Jensen, Brigham Young University. The authors are grateful to Lawrence Marsh, Joseph Sicilian, Ted Juhl, Joshua Rosenbloom, Robert Michaels, and three anony-mous referees for their comments and suggestions.

  • †

    This is a Revised version of a paper presented at the Midwest Economertics Group Meeting, March 2000, in Checago, Illinois, as part of a session organized by Mark Jensen, Brigham Young University. The authors are grateful to Lawrence Marsh, Joseph Sicilian, Ted Juhl, Joshua Rosenbloom, Robert Michaels, and three anony-mous referees for their comments and suggestions.

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