Goal of the workshop

To create an opportunity for researchers working on the topic of "Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation" to meet and work together in order to stimulate future joint research.

Main subjects

• Available methods to identify the populations of gays and lesbians
• Databases
• Econometric/statistic methods and problems
• Evaluations of wage discrimination or job discrimination
• Comparison of the results associated to different countries
• New developments on gay and lesbian economics
• Legal and policy issues

Organization

University of Evry-Val d’Essonne (Evry, France), Bryant University (Rhode Island, USA), University of Paris II Pantheon-Assas (Paris, France),

A small number of papers (12 to 15) will be accepted for presentation at the Workshop

Three round tables will be organized on specific topics

Scientific Committee

• Lee Badgett (President), Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
• Christopher Carpenter, Associate Professor of Economics/ Public Policy, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California at Irvine, USA
• Jeff Frank, Professor, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
• Damien Gaumont, Professor of Economics, University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas
• Lisa Jepsen, Associate Professor, of Economics, University of Northern Iowa, USA
• Thierry Laurent, Professor of Economics, University of Evry & UniverSud Paris, France
• Ferhat Mihoubi, Professor of Economics, University of Evry & UniverSud Paris, France
• Edinaldo Tebaldi, Assistant Professor of Economics, Bryant University, USA

Submission

Papers (or detailed summaries) must be sent at the following address: laurent@univ-evry.fr

Submission deadline: March 10, 2012

Preliminary program

June 20

08:30 - 09:00 Coffee + Registration

09:00 - 11:30 Session 1: 2 papers

Coffee break

11:45 - 13:00 Session 2: 1 paper

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 17:00 Session 3: 2 papers

Coffee break

17:15 - 18:30 Round table 1: Econometric methods and problems & available methods to identify the populations of gays and lesbians

June 21

08:45 - 09:00 Coffee

09:00 - 11:30 Session 4: 2 papers

Coffee break

11:45 - 13:00 Session 5: 1 paper

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 17:00 Session 6: 2 papers

Coffee break

17:15 - 18:30 Round table 2: What have we learned? International comparisons of sexual orientation discrimination

19:30 Cocktail

June 22

08:45 - 09:00 Coffee

09:00 - 11:30 Session 7: 2 papers

Coffee break

11:45 - 13:15 Round table 3: New developments and future researches