RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sexual Orientation and Multiple Job Holding
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 0324-13477R1
DO 10.3368/jhr.0324-13477R1
A1 Carpenter, Christopher S.
A1 Dujeancourt, Erwan
A1 Mann, Samuel
A1 Naldi, Lucia
YR 2025
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2025/05/05/jhr.0324-13477R1.abstract
AB We use Swedish administrative data from 2001-2021 to study sexual orientation and multiple job holding. We identify over 19,000 employed individuals who ever entered a legal same-sex union and compare their outcomes with all employed individuals who were only ever in different-sex unions. We find that sexual minority individuals are significantly more likely than otherwise similar heterosexual individuals to hold multiple jobs. We explore four mechanisms: financial constraints, self-insurance, career mobility, and job heterogeneity. We find evidence in line with self-insurance mechanisms for sexual minority men. For women, we find that career mobility is a likely explanation.