Mapping low-wage and precarious employment among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries: A scoping review protocol

Abstract

Background: Low-wage and precarious employment are prevalent and on the rise, disproportionately impacting marginalized populations. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) populations have been largely left out of economic justice movements and scholarly literature on precarious employment and its deleterious social and health impacts. Methods: This scoping review protocol will guide a theoretical and narrative mapping of the literature on low-wage and precarious employment among LGBTQ+ people to better understand the extent and nature of this phenomenon. We will include empirical literature that discuss dimensions of this phenomenon in Organisation and Economic Co-operation and Development countries published on/after January 1, 2000. PRISMA-ScR guidelines structure this protocol. We will search 10 bibliographic databases to locate literatures across disciplines: EconLit, Sociological Abstracts, Scopus, PsycInfo, Social Work Abstracts, ABI/Inform, Business Source Premier, LGBTQ+ Source, Gender Studies Database, and Web of Science, with support from a Public Health Research Librarian. A rigorous search strategy was developed for PsycInfo (OVID) and will be adapted for subsequent database searches. Titles and abstracts will be independently screened by a subset of co-authors, followed by a full text review. Data abstraction and charting will be conducted using a standardized abstraction tool.