Discrimination against Sexual Minorities in Education and Housing: Evidence from Two Field Experiments in Serbia

Koehler, Dominik; Harley, Georgia; Menzies, Nicholas; Senderayi, Runyararo Gladys

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“…In FILL_PARTNER_1 and FILL_PARTNER_2 we use male or female names to suggest 5 Related papers for European countries are based on samples between 400 and 800 listings and for Sweden; Koehler et al (2018) for Serbia; Ahuja and Lyons (2019) for Ireland; Gouveia et al (2020) for Portugal). Lauster and Easterbrook (2011) sent inquiries to 1,669 listings in Canada.…”

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“…1 Assessing the extent of discrimination in the housing market is of particular interest not only because discrimination can be inherently unjust, but also because housing and neighborhoods are key determinants of individuals' opportunities (Chetty et al, 2016;Chetty and Hendren, 2018;Bergman et al, 2019;Chyn, 2018). Despite its relevance, causal evidence on discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in the housing market is restricted to a few countries in Europe and North America-e.g., Sweden , Germany (Mazziotta et al, 2015), Serbia (Koehler et al, 2018), Ireland (Ahuja and Lyons, 2019), Portugal (Gouveia et al, 2020), Canada (Lauster and Easterbrook, 2011), and the United States (Friedman et al, 2013;Levy et al, 2017;Murchie and Pang, 2018;Schwegman, 2018;Hellyer, 2021). This paper aims to reduce this lack of knowledge by assessing the extent of discrimination against homosexual and transgender individuals in rental housing markets in four Latin American countries: Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.…”

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Discrimination Against Gay and Transgender People in Latin America: A Correspondence Study in the Rental Housing Marke

Abbate¹,

Berniell²,

Coleff³

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We assess the extent of discrimination against gay and transgender individuals in the rental housing markets of four Latin American countries. We conducted a large-scale field experiment building on the correspondence study methodology to examine interactions between property managers and fictitious couples engaged in searches on a major online rental housing platform. We find evidence of discriminatory behavior against heterosexual couples where the female partner is a transgender woman (trans couples): they receive 19% fewer responses, 27% fewer positive responses, and 23% fewer invitations to showings than heterosexual couples. However, we find no evidence of discrimination against gay male couples. We also assess whether the evidence is consistent with taste-based discrimination or statistical discrimination models by comparing response rates when couples signal high socioeconomic status (high SES). While we find no significant effect of the signal on call-back rates or the type of response for high-SES heterosexual or gay male couples, trans couples benefit when they signal high SES. Their call-back, positive-response, and invitation rates increase by 25%, 36% and 29%, respectively. These results suggest the presence of discrimination against trans couples in the Latin American online rental housing market, which seems consistent with statistical discrimination. Moreover, we find no evidence of heterosexual couples being favored over gay male couples, nor evidence of statistical discrimination for gay male or heterosexual couples.

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Discrimination Against Gay and Transgender People in Latin America: A Correspondence Study in the Rental Housing Marke

Abbate¹,

Berniell²,

Coleff³

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“…Similarly, Uslaner (2011 [208]) reassessed Putnam's findings and showed that the spatial segregation of diversity is responsible for lower bonding and bridging capital across (sets of) US cities and world countries. Spatial segregation in particular seemed to have driven re-considerations of findings on the effects of cultural and ethnic diversity on socio-economic outcomes (Khovanova-Rubicondo and Pinelli, 2012 [209]). For instance, Alesina and Zhuravskaya (2011 [210]) showed that it is the spatial segregation of diversity and not diversity per se that leads to increased instability, lower quality of regulation and weaker rules of law across 90 countries.…”

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“…Overall, according to Khovanova-Rubicondo (2009[211]), it could appear that, framed within efficient institutions, diversity may indeed serve as a valuable asset for society. In particular, democratic institutions and a tolerant environment that allow differences to express themselves and interact freely seem pre-conditions for reaping the benefits of diversity (Khovanova-Rubicondo and Pinelli, 2012 [209]). Tolerance and appreciation of diversity are key values that can be imparted to students within education and by inclusive education systems in particular.…”

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The social and economic rationale of inclusive education

2022

OECD Education Working Papers

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Since UNESCO's Salamanca Declaration in 1994, inclusive education has progressively attracted attention in international debates around education policy. While some evidence exists on the positive impact that inclusive education reforms can have on the academic and personal outcomes of diverse studentsand in particular of students with special education needslimited information is available on the economic sustainability of such reforms. Starting from the literature on the correlations between education and individuals' life outcomes, this paper reviews the existing evidence on the potential benefits and costs of inclusive education reforms. Specifically, the paper discusses the evidence on the shortcomings of current education settings for diverse groups of studentswith specific sections on students with special education needs; immigrant and refugee students; ethnic groups, national minorities and Indigenous peoples; gifted students; female and male students; and LGBTQI+ (which stands for 'lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex') students. It highlights the individual and societal costs deriving from the low academic, social and emotional outcomes of these students and the socioeconomic costs these yield for societies. Where possible, the paper also presents evidence on the effects of inclusive education reforms on diverse student groups.EDU/WKP(2022)1  5 Unclassified

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“…Altonji and Blank (1999) provide an early overview and discussion of this literature.5 Studies have also examined LGB discrimination in other settings, such as adoptions(Mackenzie-Liu et al., 2020).6 Field experiments on housing discrimination confirm the presence of pervasive differential treatment of individuals presumed to be sexual minorities. For example,Koehler et al (2018) conduct a "mystery shopper" rental housing study in Serbia where individuals sought apartments and differed only in whether they were in a same-sex or different-sex relationship. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management DOI: 10.1002/pam Published on behalf of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management…”

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Reducing Sexual Orientation Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from Basic Information Treatments

Aksoy¹,

Carpenter²,

Haas³

et al. 2022

J Policy Anal Manage

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Discrimination against Sexual Minorities in Education and Housing: Evidence from Two Field Experiments in Serbia

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Discrimination Against Gay and Transgender People in Latin America: A Correspondence Study in the Rental Housing Marke

Discrimination Against Gay and Transgender People in Latin America: A Correspondence Study in the Rental Housing Marke

The social and economic rationale of inclusive education

Reducing Sexual Orientation Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from Basic Information Treatments

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