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 …

Forced displacement as a consequence of wars, civil conflicts, or natural disasters does not
only have contemporaneous consequences but also long‐run repercussions. This eclectic …

Same‐sex marriage legalization (SSML) is a typical anti‐discrimination policy to remove
institutional discrimination against sexual minorities by providing them with marriage …

Recent research has uncovered the historical roots of gender norms about women and the
persistent effect of such norms on economic development. We find similar long-term effects …

We document the historical roots and contemporary consequences of masculinity norms—
beliefs about the proper conduct of men. We exploit a natural experiment in which convict …

Immigration to Hawai 'i between 1870 and 1930 led to a more than six‐fold increase in
population and high and rapidly varying sex ratios in the Chinese, Japanese, Korean …

The first settlers have lasting cultural influence: The unique traits of early American settlers in
the initial stages of institutional development are crucial for cultural formation. The not-yet …

This paper evaluates if same-sex marriage (SSM) laws, approved in several European
Union countries over the past decades, have contributed to favor gay-friendly opinions …

We employ a natural experiment–the transport of convicts to the British colonies of New
South Wales and Van Diemen's Land in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries–to …

A significant and increasing proportion of the American population, particularly among
younger individuals, identifies as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB). According to a 2022 …