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LGBTQI* People on the Labor Market: Highly Educated, Frequently Discriminated Against

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  • Lisa de Vries
  • Mirjam Fischer
  • David Kasprowski
  • Martin Kroh
  • Simon Kühne
  • David Richter
  • Zaza Zindel

Abstract

Societal acceptance of the LGBTQI* people has greatly improved over the past decades in Germany and legal equal treatment on the labor market has been improved by the General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz, AGG). However, about 30 percent of those who identify as LGBTQI* report experiencing discrimination in their work life, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Socio-Economic Panel and Bielefeld University. Similarly, around a third of LGBTQI* people are either not out or are only partly out to their colleagues. Trans* people in particular report experiencing discrimination more frequently in their work life. An LGBTQI*-friendly corporate climate is one of the most important criteria when LGBTQI* people are picking a future employer. A more LGBTQI*-friendly work environment may reduce short- and long-term labor market disadvantages of (potential) employees substantially and may increase the appeal of companies for LGBTQI* people, who are higher educated on average than the heterosexual population.

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  • Lisa de Vries & Mirjam Fischer & David Kasprowski & Martin Kroh & Simon Kühne & David Richter & Zaza Zindel, 2020. "LGBTQI* People on the Labor Market: Highly Educated, Frequently Discriminated Against," DIW Weekly Report, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 10(36), pages 375-383.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwdwr:dwr10-36-1
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    Cited by:

    1. Lisa de Vries & Stephanie Steinmetz, 2024. "Sexual Orientation, Workplace Authority and Occupational Segregation: Evidence from Germany," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 38(3), pages 852-870, June.
    2. Johannes Koeckeis, 2022. "Intra-household inequality and tax planning of same-sex couples," GRAPE Working Papers 73, GRAPE Group for Research in Applied Economics.
    3. Shannon, Matthew, 2022. "The labour market outcomes of transgender individuals," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).

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    Keywords

    LGBTQI*; sexual orientation; gender identity; labor market; education; discrimination;
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    JEL classification:

    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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