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LABOR SUPPLY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MARRIED HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN AND PARTNERED LESBIANS: A SEMI-PARAMETRIC DECOMPOSITION APPROACH

  1. HEATHER ANTECOL1,
  2. MICHAEL D. STEINBERGER2,†

Article first published online: 8 FEB 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00363.x

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Economic Inquiry

Economic Inquiry

Volume 51, Issue 1, pages 783–805, January 2013

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ANTECOL, H. and STEINBERGER, M. D. (2013), LABOR SUPPLY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MARRIED HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN AND PARTNERED LESBIANS: A SEMI-PARAMETRIC DECOMPOSITION APPROACH. Economic Inquiry, 51: 783–805. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00363.x

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  1. 1

    Antecol: Boswell Professor of Economics, Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Claremont McKenna College, 500 E. 9th Street, Claremont, CA 91711; Director, Berger Institute for Work, Family and Children, Claremont McKenna College. Phone (909) 607-8067, Fax (909) 621-8249, E-mail hantecol@cmc.edu

  2. 2

    Steinberger: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Pomona College, 425 N. College Avenue, #203, Claremont, CA 91711. Phone (909) 621-8977, Fax (909) 621-8576. E-mail michael.steinberger@pomona.edu

  1. †

    The authors thank Lee Badgett, Eleanor Brown, and seminar participants at the Population Association of America 2009 annual conference, Society of Labor Economist 2009 annual conference, and the University of California, Los Angeles for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper. Heather Antecol acknowledges financial support from the Lowe Institute of Political Economy, Claremont McKenna College.

  1. †

    The authors thank Lee Badgett, Eleanor Brown, and seminar participants at the Population Association of America 2009 annual conference, Society of Labor Economist 2009 annual conference, and the University of California, Los Angeles for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper. Heather Antecol acknowledges financial support from the Lowe Institute of Political Economy, Claremont McKenna College.

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  2. Article first published online: 8 FEB 2011

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