Sexual orientation discrimination in the United Kingdom’s labour market: A field experiment

Human Relations

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1769-1796

  Drydakis, Nick ^a,b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

field experiment; heteronormativity; interviews; selection; sexual orientation; wage offers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945125631     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726715569855     Document Type: Article

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