Sexual Orientation Discrimination »

Having recently authored one of the most significant books, Money, Myths and Change, in this exciting area of economics, Lee Badgett has now teamed up with Jeff Frank and a collection of international contributors to provide an analysis of sexual orientation discrimination on an international scale.

Discrimination based on sexual orientation continues to fuel collective action, policy debates and academic scrutiny in many countries. For some time, sociologists and psychologists have studied sexual orientation discrimination in institutions and explored prejudices against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in mainstream areas. Now economists have also begun to examine the experiences of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals in less traditional research sectors including the labour, housing, credit, and retail markets. This book includes sections on:

• wages and jobs
• discrimination across institutional contexts
• discrimination in cultural institutions including religion, education and sport
• addressing discrimination through public policies.

Innovative and up-to-date this book is an essential read for postgraduate students studying in the areas of political economy, gender studies and feminist economics.

Illustrations     ix
Contributors     xi
Preface     xvii
The global gay gap: institutions, markets, and social change   M.V. Lee Badgett   Jefferson Frank     1
Wages and jobs     17
Discrimination based on sexual orientation: a review of the literature in economics and beyond   M.V. Lee Badgett     19
Variations in gay pay in the USA and in the UK   G. Reza Arabsheibani   Alan Marin   Jonathan Wadsworth     44
Lesbian, gay male, bisexual, and heterosexual siblings: discrepancies in income and education in three US samples   Esther D. Rothblum   Kimberly F. Balsam   Sondra E. Solomon   Rhonda J. Factor     62
Do straight men "come out" at work too? The heterosexual male marriage premium and discrimination against gay men   Christopher Carpenter     76
Is the male marriage premium evidence of discrimination against gay men?   Jefferson Frank     93
We are family: the influence of gay family-friendly policies on gay, lesbian and bisexual employees   Belle Rose Ragins   John M. Cornwell     105
Comparative life histories of nurses who advocate for lesbian health in a Canadian context: sexual orientation discrimination as a factor in career and workplace dynamics   Judith A. MacDonnell     118
Gay men's work at an HIV/AIDS research center   Matt Johnson     136
Discrimination across institutional contexts     151
Gendered experiences of sexuality-based discrimination in Jamaica: results from an exploratory study   Ruth White   Don Gerke     153
"We know who you are. We'll employ you." Non-discrimination and Singapore's bohemian dreams   Meredith L. Weiss     164
Discrimination against gays and lesbians in the French-speaking part of Switzerland   Olivier Piedfort-Marin   Anne-Francoise Chevalley   Pierre Cochand     177
Discrimination, coming out, and job satisfaction of gay men in Switzerland: results of a survey   Thomas Bucher   Daniel Raess     194
Discrimination in other cultural institutions: religion, education and sport     207
Sexual orientation discrimination in religious communities   Andrew K.T. Yip     209
Of sacred journeys: spirituality and religion in the lives of gay men and lesbian women   John Mabey     225
Campus climate for sexual minorities   Susan R. Rankin     236
'It's the sport that counts': on homosexual participation in sports in the Netherlands   Jan Janssens   Agnes Elling     253
Addressing discrimination through public policies     267
Beating up queers: discrimination, violence, and political attitudes in sexual minority communities   H.N. Hirsch   Joe Rollins     269
Sexual orientation-based antidiscrimination ordinances and the earnings of sexual minority individuals: evidence from local initiatives in California   Christopher Carpenter   Marieka Klawitter     277
Harassment, retaliation and relief: can laws like the proposed employment nondiscrimination act improve the plight of gay workers?   Toni Lester     293
Sexual orientation discrimination in health care and social service policy: a comparative analysis of Canada, the UK and USA   Nick J. Mule     306