Reducing Sexual-Orientation Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from Basic Information Treatments

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Christopher S. Carpenter, Ralph De Haas, Mathias Dolls and Lisa Windsteiger

No 9506, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We study basic information treatments regarding sexual orientation using randomized experiments in three countries with strong and widespread anti-gay attitudes: Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Participants who received information about the economic costs to society of sexual-orientation discrimination were significantly more likely than those in a control group to support equal employment opportunities based on sexual orientation. Information that the World Health Organization (WHO) does not regard homosexuality as a mental illness increased social acceptance of sexual minorities, but only for those who reported trust in the WHO. Our results have important implications for policy makers aiming to expand the rights of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people worldwide.

Keywords: sexual minorities; information treatments; discrimination; attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 J16 J71 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Working Paper: Reducing Sexual-Orientation Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from Basic Information Treatments (2022)
Working Paper: Reducing Sexual-Orientation Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from Basic Information Treatments (2022)
Working Paper: Reducing Sexual-Orientation Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from Basic Information Treatments (2022)
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