ABSTRACT

We examined customer and worker discrimination against gay and lesbian business owners using a web-based experiment conducted at a Swedish university campus. Participants (N = 1,406) were presented with a prospective restaurant establishment on the campus. They then stated whether they would be positive to such an establishment, whether they would be interested in working at the restaurant, and what their reservation wage would be if they were interested in the job. Owners’ sexual orientation was randomized across participants. Results showed that participants were less positive to a restaurant opening if the owners were lesbians, and they were less interested in an available job if the owners were gay. The participants had higher reservation wages if the owners were lesbians. In fact, the participants increased their wage demands when the number of women among the owners increased. Our study underlines that gay and lesbian people face various inequalities in society.

摘要

我们使用在瑞典大学校园进行的基于网络的实验，检查了客户和工人对同性恋企业主的歧视。参与者（N= 1,406) 在校园内被介绍了一家潜在的餐厅。然后他们表示他们是否会对这样的机构持积极态度，他们是否有兴趣在餐厅工作，以及如果他们对这份工作感兴趣，他们的预订工资将是多少。业主的性取向在参与者中随机分配。结果表明，如果业主是女同性恋，参与者对餐厅开业的积极性较低，如果业主是同性恋，他们对现有工作的兴趣较小。如果业主是女同性恋者，参与者的预订工资更高。事实上，当业主中女性人数增加时，参与者增加了他们的工资要求。我们的研究强调，男女同性恋者面临社会中的各种不平等。