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dc.titleDoes Gender and Sexual Diversity Lead to Greater Conflict in the School? (Discussion Paper)
dc.contributor.authorFrisancho, Verónica
dc.contributor.authorHerrera, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorNakasone, Eduardo
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageUruguay
dc.date.available2022-09-12T00:09:00
dc.date.issue2022-09-12T00:09:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the relationship between the presence of LGBTQI students in the class-room and the prevalence of violence in the school setting. We rely on a representative sample of secondary schools in Uruguay and exploit variation in the share of LGBTQI students across classrooms to study how their presence affects the individual experience of violence. Our results show little support for the contact hypothesis: a larger share of LGBTQI students in the classroom has no impact on the individual experience of violence. On the contrary, a greater share of female LGBTQI students in the classroom is associated with greater psychological and physical violence among girls, irrespective of their gender identity or sexual orientation.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004451
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/does-gender-and-sexual-diversity-lead-to-greater-conflict-in-the-school.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEducational Institution
dc.subjectLGBTQ+
dc.subjectDiversity and Inclusion
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectVictim of Violence
dc.subjectGender Identity
dc.subjectSchool Violence
dc.subjectHigh School
dc.subjectGender
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity
dc.subject.jelcodeI21 - Analysis of Education
dc.subject.jelcodeI24 - Education and Inequality
dc.subject.keywordsLGBTQI+;diversity;conflict;contact hypothesis;violence;secondary school
dc.typeDiscussion Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-DP-00965
idb.operationRG-K1415
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