Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250659 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14998
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
sexual minorities
information treatments
discrimination
attitudes
JEL: 
D91
J16
J71
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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