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Do gays and lesbians experience more frequent and longer unemployment?
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Abstract 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 regressio... mehr
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.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Eurobarometer; Homosexualität; Arbeitslosigkeit; Diskriminierung; Arbeitsplatz; Heterosexualität; EU; Frau; Mann
Klassifikation
Arbeitsmarktforschung
Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
employment discrimination; gay; lesbian; EU-LFS 2008-2015; Eurobarometer 83.4 (2015) (ZA6595 v2.0.0)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 105-126
Zeitschriftentitel
Economics & Sociology, 14 (2021) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2021/14-3/6
ISSN
2071-789X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)