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Do schools discriminate against homosexual parents? Evidence from a randomized correspondence experiment

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    Identifier:  PC:1786
    Authors:  Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Meix-Llop, Enric
    Abstract:
    The recognition of homosexual rights is a controversial issue in many countries. Spain was the third country in the world (after the Netherlands and Belgium) to introduce a law recognizing homosexual marriage and the adoption of children by homosexual couples. In this paper, we examine for the first time whether schools are more hesitant about giving feedback to homosexual parents during children's pre-registration period in Catalonia (Spain). To do so, we designed a correspondence experiment to be conducted in schools. We created three types of fictitious couples-one heterosexual, one gay, and one lesbian-and sent emails to schools in which the couples' sexual orientation was explicit. Our results show that gay couples had a significantly lower (22 percentage points) call-back probability than heterosexual couples. No statistically significant differences in call-back probability were found between the lesbian and heterosexual couples.
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    Link to the original source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272775716302989
    Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.06.001
    Journal publication year: 2016
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Record's date: 2016-07-04
    First page: 133
    URV's Author/s: Díaz Serrano, L. ; Meix-Llop, E.
    Department: Economia
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Publication Type: Article
    Last page: 142
    ISSN: 0272-7757
    Author, as appears in the article.: Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Meix-Llop, Enric
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Journal volume: 53
    Research group: ECO-SOS – Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics
    Thematic Areas: Economics and business
    Author's mail: luis.diaz@urv.cat
  • Keywords:

    Homosexual rights
    Homosexual parents
    Discrimination
    Correspondence field experiment
    Schools
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