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dc.titleMeasuring the Sources of Taste-Based Discrimination Using List Experiments
dc.contributor.authorListo, Ariel
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz, Ercio
dc.contributor.authorSansone, Dario
dc.contributor.orgunitGender and Diversity Division
dc.coverageChile
dc.date.available2026-01-29T00:01:00
dc.date.issue2026-01-29T00:01:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines how attitudes among supervisors, co-workers, and customers contribute to discrimination against sexual minorities in the workplace. A large, nationally representative sample in Chile was recruited in collaboration with a local firm. The survey employs a series of double list experiments designed to measure attitudes on sensitive issues while reducing social desirability bias, followed by direct questions on attitudes toward sexual minorities. Findings reveal a discrepancy between reported and actual comfort levels with gay individuals in the labor market. Respondents underreported their discomfort by 15 to 23 percentage points, with the largest bias and lowest comfort levels observed when asked about supervising a gay employee. Additionally, respondents consistently underestimated broader societal support for gay employees and co-workers. These differences are reflected in real-stakes donation behavior: respondents who chose not to donate any amount from a lottery to a local LGBTQ-related NGO also reported lower comfort levels and exhibited greater misreporting.
dc.format.extent144
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013927
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Measuring-the-Sources-of-Taste-Based-Discrimination-Using-List-Experiments.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectLGBTQ+
dc.subjectGender Identity
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectGender Discrimination
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectNegotiable Instrument
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectGender
dc.subject.jelcodeC93 - Field Experiments
dc.subject.jelcodeD91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving
dc.subject.jelcodeJ15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ71 - Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeZ13 - Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology • Social and Economic Stratification
dc.subject.keywordsLGBTQ+;discrimination
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01711
idb.operationRG-E1952
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