Women’s Sexual Orientation and Labour Market Outcomes

Nick Drydakis ()
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Nick Drydakis: Department of Economics - University of Crete, Greece

No 831, Working Papers from University of Crete, Department of Economics

Abstract: This study provides evidence on the relationship between lesbian women and their hiring prospects by employing the Correspondence Test for Greece. The data analyzed supports the findings of previous experiments and indicates that hiring discrimination against lesbians is present. More importantly, entry wage differentials assigned are not consistent with the ascendant empirical claims that lesbians have higher market earnings. Our findings suggest that currently lesbians both anticipate and encounter job discrimination.

Keywords: Field Experiment; Sexual Preference; Hiring Discrimination; Wage Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 J7 J16 J31 J (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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