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

Koehler, Dominik ; Harley, Georgia ; Menzies, Nicholas

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: INEQUALITY;    HOUSING;    EDUCATION;    GENDER;    LESBIAN;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8504
RP-ID  :  WPS8504

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Discrimination against lesbian, gay,bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people iswidespread, and LGBTI exclusion from economic markets, vitalservices, and political spaces is entrenched. This is notjust an individual problem; it is a development challenge;not only because discrimination is inherently unjust, butalso because “there are substantial costs -- social,political, and economic -- to not addressing the exclusionof entire groups of people.” Understanding the barriersLGBTI people face in accessing markets, services, and spacesis important for designing more inclusive policies andprograms. This study documents, for the first time,discrimination against LGBTI people in access to educationand housing in Serbia, using evidence from fieldexperiments. In Serbia, "feminine boys," widelyperceived as being gay, were at least three times morelikely to be refused enrollment in primary schools (15percent) compared to boys not perceived to be feminine (5percent). Eighteen percent of same-sex couples were refusedapartment rentals by private landlords, while noheterosexual couples were. The research contributes to thegrowing body of evidence on the economic dimensions of LGBTI discrimination.