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

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9506

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡ ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Discrimination ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Subject: sexual minorities ; information treatments ; discrimination ; attitudes

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Aksoy, Cevat Giray ; Carpenter, Christopher S. ; de Haas, Ralph ; Dolls, Mathias ; Windsteiger, Lisa
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/252023
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET