Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314580 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17683
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper presents the first rigorous evaluation of school-based interventions aimed at reducing LGBTphobia. We focus on a classroom intervention that addresses the issue of LGBT harassment through perspective-taking and narrative exchange. Using a field experiment in France with more than 10,000 middle and high school students, we find robust evidence of strong positive effects, with variations across gender, age, and socio-economic status. We argue that changing perceptions of group norms is a key channel driving these heterogeneous effects.
Subjects: 
LGBT
discrimination
social norms
JEL: 
C93
J15
J16
J71
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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