Non-Binary Gender Economics

Katherine B. Coffman, Lucas Coffman and Keith Marzilli Ericson

No 32222, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Economics research has largely overlooked non-binary individuals. We aim to jump-start the literature by providing data on several economically-important beliefs and preferences. Among many results, non-binary individuals report more gender-based discrimination and express different career and life aspirations, including less desire for children. Anti-non-binary sentiment is stronger than anti-LGBT sentiment, and strongest among men. Non-binary respondents report lower assertiveness than men and women, and their social preferences are similar to men’s and less prosocial than women’s, with age an important moderator. Elicited beliefs reveal inaccurate stereotypes as people often mistake the direction of group differences or exaggerate their size.

JEL-codes: C90 D10 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-03
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