Sexual Orientation, Unemployment and Participation: Are Gays Less Employable than Straights?

Laurent, Thierry; Mihoubi, Ferhat

doi:10.1007/s12122-016-9237-0

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“…Regarding age, Drydakis (n.d.) observed that gay men's disadvantage in probability of being unemployed (as compared to heterosexuals) is increasing with age (p ࣘ .01). In contrast, Laurent and Mihoubi (2017) found that gay men younger than 40 years experienced employment probability penalty (p ࣘ .01) and labor force participation penalty (p ࣘ .1) not experienced by their heterosexual counterparts. No significant differences were observed in males older than 40 years.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…This can, among other things, result in increased expected length of job search. Indirectly, discrimination in the labor market may negatively impact incentives for lesbians and gay men to find or keep a job (as proposed by Laurent & Mihoubi, 2017). In gay men (lesbians), the direct and indirect effect of discrimination will strengthen (weaken) the relationship proposed in H1 between sexual orientation and labor force participation/employment rates.…”

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“…Laurent and Mihoubi (2017) observed that gay men (especially those younger than 40 years) had a higher job turnover rate than their heterosexual counterparts, which could indicate that they experience negative bias also in employment.…”

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Access to the labour market for gays and lesbians: Research review

Fric

2017

Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services

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This article reviews findings of scientific studies looking into the bias that gay men and lesbians face when accessing the labor market. Studies in this topic were scarce before year 2000, but a considerable body of literature appeared in the Western countries in the recent years. When summed up, the findings provide robust evidence that lesbians and gay men face negative bias when accessing employment. The magnitude of the bias varies considerably across contexts. Different labor market outcomes of gay men and lesbians are also partially caused by differences in household specialization between different-sex and same-sex households. Future research needs to address the contextual differences in bias against gay men and lesbians.

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Access to the labour market for gays and lesbians: Research review

Fric

2017

Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services

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“…Unemployment is one of three labour force statusesemployed, unemployed and inactiveas distinguished by Laurent & Mihoubi (2017). We assume that the subjects of our research are mobile between these statuses and with a certain probability are likely to have a given status.…”

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Do gays and lesbians experience more frequent and longer unemployment?

Fric¹

2021

Economics &Amp; Sociology

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Purpose. The purpose of this study is to compare the probability of unemployment and duration of joblessness between partnered gays, lesbians and their straight peers in the EU. Design/methodology/approach. Existence of potential differences in the outcomes is tested by multilevel logistic regression model (probability of unemployment) and multilevel linear regression model (length of joblessness) using the EU Labour Force Survey data from 2008 to 2015. Findings. Gays have been found to have a significantly higher unemployment probability and (weakly significantly) a longer duration of joblessness than comparable straight men. No significant difference was identified in unemployment probabilities of lesbians and heterosexual women but the joblessness duration appears to be significantly shorter in lesbians. Originality/value. Previous research indicated that lesbians and gays face barriers in access to employment. To author's knowledge this is the first study which investigates whether gay people experience prolonged joblessness.

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“…They are more likely to be unemployed or inactive and they have lower wages. In lesbians there is mixed evidence suggesting that they may enjoy better labour market outcomes (higher wages, lower unemployment rates and higher employments rates) than comparable straight women (Drydakis, 2014; Fric, 2017; Klawitter, 2015; Laurent and Mihoubi, 2017; Ozeren, 2014).…”

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Employer tenure in gays, lesbians and their straight counterparts

Fric

2021

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PurposeThis article aims to shed more light on seemingly contradicting labour market outcomes of lesbians: they were found to have similar unemployment rates as straight women but their unemployment spells are significantly shorter. No such contradiction is observed for gays who seem to have on average a higher unemployment rate and longer unemployment spells compared to straight men.Design/methodology/approachThe main hypothesis is that lesbian and gay employees spend ceteris paribus shorter time working for a given employer (employer tenure) than comparable straight people. This hypothesis is tested on EU Labour Force Survey data using multi-level regression model.FindingsConsistently with the predictions, lesbians and gays were found to have significantly shorter employer tenure than their straight counterparts. These differences remained significant after controlling for individual, workplace and occupational characteristics. The results suggest that shorter employer tenure of lesbians and (possibly) gays is driven by labour demand factors.Originality/valueTo author's knowledge this is the first large-scale quantitative study that compares the employer tenure between lesbians, gays and comparable heterosexuals. The study provides additional insight into mechanisms that lead to (lack of) differentials in unemployment probability between these groups.

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Sexual Orientation, Unemployment and Participation: Are Gays Less Employable than Straights?

Cited by 20 publications

References 35 publications

Access to the labour market for gays and lesbians: Research review

Access to the labour market for gays and lesbians: Research review

Do gays and lesbians experience more frequent and longer unemployment?

Employer tenure in gays, lesbians and their straight counterparts

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