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Continuous Gender Identity and Economics

Brenøe, Anne ; Heursen, Lea ; Ranehill, Eva LU and Weber, Roberto (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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AEA Papers and Proceedings
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112
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American Economic Association
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2574-0768
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10.1257/pandp.20221083
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English
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  author       = {{Brenøe, Anne and Heursen, Lea and Ranehill, Eva and Weber, Roberto}},
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  keywords     = {{A11; D91; J16}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{573--577}},
  publisher    = {{American Economic Association}},
  series       = {{AEA Papers and Proceedings}},
  title        = {{Continuous Gender Identity and Economics}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20221083}},
  doi          = {{10.1257/pandp.20221083}},
  volume       = {{112}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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