This article reviews the growing literature on the economics of sexual orientation and gender
identity, a field that did not exist thirty years ago. We summarize, evaluate, and synthesize …

We provide the first evidence on transgender earnings in the US using administrative data
on over 55,000 individuals who changed their gender marker with the Social Security …

Despite improvements in the legal and social environment, economic outcomes for LGBTQ
individuals suggest a high degree of vulnerability. We use data on over 500,000 individuals …

Though feminist economics encourages methodological plurality, quantitative methods and
econometrics have overtaken the discipline in recent years. Many feminist economists have …

Background Socioeconomic status (SES) is a fundamental contributor to health, yet it is
rarely examined relative to gender expression, particularly gender non-conformity and …

We study the role of childhood gender conformity in determining gender gaps. We present a
conceptual framework that uses gender norms to explain why some women make less …

Following the recent acknowledgment of and debates around transgender people in the
United States, there has emerged a small but growing literature on the economic …

Economic research on gender gaps has focused on variation based on the binary
classification of “men” and “women”. We explore whether a self-reported continuous …

We analyze work commute time by sexual orientation of partnered or married individuals,
using the American Community Survey 2008-2019. Women in same-sex couples have a …

We study the relationship between sexual orientation, gender, and competitiveness using an
online experiment. We document a novel sexual minority gap in willingness to compete …