Continuous Gender Identity and Economics
(2022) In AEA Papers and Proceedings 112. p.573-577- Abstract
- Economic research on gender largely focuses on biological sex, the binary classification as either a "man" or "woman." We investigate the value of incorporating a measure of continuous gender identity (CGI) into economics by exploring whether it explains variation in economic preferences and behavior beyond the explanatory power of binary sex. First, we validate a novel single-item CGI measure in a survey study, showing that it correlates with measures used in gender research. Second, we use our single-item CGI measure in an incentivized laboratory experiment to assess CGI's power in explaining previously documented gender gaps in four important economic preferences.
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- author
- Brenøe, Anne ; Heursen, Lea ; Ranehill, Eva LU and Weber, Roberto
- publishing date
- 2022-05
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- A11, D91, J16
- in
- AEA Papers and Proceedings
- volume
- 112
- pages
- 5 pages
- publisher
- American Economic Association
- ISSN
- 2574-0768
- DOI
- 10.1257/pandp.20221083
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 01a31783-c13f-47b1-a3c6-61103cdd2d09
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- 2022-06-20 14:36:15
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