International Journal of Manpower: Volume 41 Issue 6

Guest editorial

Nick Drydakis, Klaus F. Zimmermann

Sexual orientation and wage discrimination: evidence from Australia

Alison Preston, Elisa Birch, Andrew R. Timming

The purpose of this paper is to document the wage effects associated with sexual orientation and to examine whether the wage gap has improved following recent institutional…

Age and the new lesbian earnings penalty

Michael E. Martell

The purpose of this paper is to observe how the cohabiting lesbian earnings differential in the USA has changed since the early 2000s, a time period during which the lesbian, gay…

Discrimination against gays and lesbians in hiring decisions: a meta-analysis

Alexandre Flage

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the true level of discrimination against openly gay and lesbian applicants in hiring decisions in OECD countries as well as on its…

Exploring the link between sexual orientation, work-life balance satisfaction and work-life segmentation

Maryam Dilmaghani

The purpose of this paper is to, using several cycles of the Canadian General Social Survey (GSS) covering 2010–2015, examine the patterns of work-life balance (WLB) satisfaction…

Family support, school-age and workplace bullying for LGB people

Katerina Sidiropoulou, Nick Drydakis, Benjamin Harvey, Anna Paraskevopoulou

The purpose of this paper is to examine associations between: family support during the school-age period, and school-age bullying (short-term associations); and family support…

Hiring discrimination against transgender job applicants – considerations when designing a study

Ciarán McFadden

This paper discusses the factors to consider when designing studies to measure hiring discrimination against transgender job applicants.

What does someone's gender identity signal to employers?

Hannah Van Borm, Marlot Dhoop, Allien Van Acker, Stijn Baert

The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender men.

The impact of party affiliation of governor and state political ideology on the labor market outcomes of transgender individuals

Colin Cannonier, Monica Galloway Burke

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether there is a causal impact of party affiliation of state governors operating within a liberal state legislature on labor market…

Workplace positive actions, trans people’s self-esteem and human resources’ evaluations

Vasiliki Bozani, Nick Drydakis, Katerina Sidiropoulou, Benjamin Harvey, Anna Paraskevopoulou

The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical patterns regarding trans people’s self-esteem-oriented evaluations during observations of positive workplace actions. The case of…