A Litterature Review of the Labour Market Outcomes of LGBTQIA+ People

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Supervisors

Vandenberghe, Vincent

Faculty

Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales, politiques et de communication

Degree label

Master [120] en sciences économiques, orientation économétrie, à finalité approfondie

Abstract

enLGBTQIA+ discrimination on the labour market is a field marked by low sample sizes and question marks raised on the biases of data selection. These two issues can be attributed to the scarce amount of both surveys inquiring on the topic and people self-identifying as LGBTQIA+. As a result, the samples can often end up smaller (if few countries or organizations in a given country account for that topic in their surveys), non-random (if the surveys pertaining to the topic are explicitly applied to LGBTQIA+ people, which already tend to be in low numbers among the general population), and prone to selectivity bias (for example, the people self-identifying as LGBTQIA+, or willing to be interviewed on such topic, might tend to be more educated and more wealthy). And yet, there is a growing litterature on the topic, which also tends to include, nowadays more frequently, sexualities and gender identities beyond cisgender (i.e. not transgender) gay men and lesbians. This essay paper is a litterature review which aims to analyze the common trends, different methods, sampling techniques and limitations of this field of study, as well as what are the consensuses on where and how future research on the topic ought to be directed.