There is a growing body of literature on the labor market outcomes of gay, lesbian and bisexual (LGB) individuals. To date, much of this literature has relied on samples of same- and different-sex couples, such as those drawn from censuses, to study gay men and lesbian women’s labor market outcomes. By design, these studies exclude single people and cannot identify bisexual people, who may be single or partnered with someone of the same or different sex. This could provide a biased assessment of sexual minority wage gaps if same-sex couples differ from single gay, lesbian, and bisexual people in ways that impact their employment and earnings. Our study overcomes these limitations by using ten cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey, which includes a direct question on sexual orientation, large samples, and income and employment measures. We estimate sexual orientation-based income and employment disparities and also use coarsened exact matching (CEM) to improve the balance between our comparison groups, reducing unobserved heterogeneity and improving the precision of our estimates. We find that heterosexual women and LGB individuals are less likely to be working full-time than heterosexual men. Coupled gay men, but not single gay men, earn significantly less than heterosexual men. Single and coupled lesbian women earn more than comparable heterosexual women. Bisexual men and women have some of the worst employment outcomes, with incomes that are significantly less than everyone else.

关于同性恋，女同性恋和双性恋（LGB）个人的劳动力市场成果的文献越来越多。迄今为止，许多文献都依靠同性和异性夫妇的样本（例如从人口普查中抽取的样本）来研究男女同性恋者在劳动力市场上的成果。从设计上讲，这些研究排除了单身人士，并且无法识别可能是单身或同性或异性伴侣的双性恋者。如果同性伴侣在影响其就业和收入的方式上与单身同性恋，女同性恋和双性恋者不同，这可能会提供对少数族裔工资差距的偏见评估。我们的研究通过使用“加拿大社区健康调查”的十个周期来克服这些限制，其中包括有关性取向，大量样本以及收入和就业措施的直接问题。我们估计基于性取向的收入和就业差距，并使用粗化精确匹配（CEM）来改善我们的比较组之间的平衡，减少未观察到的异质性并提高我们估计的准确性。我们发现，异性恋女性和LGB个人比异性恋男性更不可能全职工作。夫妻同性恋者的收入比异性恋者低得多，但单身同性恋者却不然。单身和夫妻女同性恋者的收入要高于同性异性恋妇女。双性恋的男人和女人在就业方面表现最差，收入远低于其他任何人。减少未观察到的异质性并提高我们的估算精度。我们发现，异性恋女性和LGB个人比异性恋男性更不可能全职工作。夫妻同性恋者的收入比异性恋者低得多，但单身同性恋者却不然。单身和夫妻女同性恋者的收入要高于同性异性恋妇女。双性恋的男人和女人在就业方面表现最差，收入远低于其他任何人。减少未观察到的异质性并提高我们的估算精度。我们发现，异性恋女性和LGB个人比异性恋男性更不可能全职工作。夫妻同性恋者的收入比异性恋者低得多，但单身同性恋者却不然。单身和夫妻女同性恋者的收入要高于同性异性恋妇女。双性恋的男人和女人在就业方面表现最差，收入远低于其他任何人。