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Sexual identity and wellbeing: A distributional analysis

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  • Mann, Samuel
  • Blackaby, David
  • O’Leary, Nigel

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The relationship between sexual identity and wellbeing is analysed in an unconditional panel quantile setting. There is heterogeneity across sexual identity and gender for homosexuals and, for all but lesbians, sexual minorities are less satisfied than heterosexuals below the median of the wellbeing distribution. Meanwhile, bisexuals of any gender are the least satisfied of any sexual group, and this is apparent across the entire wellbeing distribution. In contrast, the happiest individuals who report an ‘other’ sexual orientation are happier than the happiest heterosexuals.

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  • Mann, Samuel & Blackaby, David & O’Leary, Nigel, 2019. "Sexual identity and wellbeing: A distributional analysis," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 181(C), pages 133-136.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:181:y:2019:i:c:p:133-136
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.04.023
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    Keywords

    Subjective wellbeing; Sexual orientation; Jittering; Recentred influence function; Quantile regression; Correlated random effects;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being

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