Understanding Labor Market Discrimination Against Transgender People: Evidence from a Double List Experiment and a Survey

Billur Aksoy (), Christopher S. Carpenter () and Dario Sansone
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Billur Aksoy: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
Christopher S. Carpenter: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235; National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; IZA, 53113 Bonn, Germany

Management Science, 2025, vol. 71, issue 1, 659-677

Abstract: Using a double list experiment designed to elicit views free from social desirability bias, we find that support in the United States for transgender people in the labor market is significantly overreported by 8%–10%. After correcting for this overreporting, we still find that over two-thirds of respondents would be comfortable with a transgender manager and support employment nondiscrimination protection for transgender people. However, respondents severely underestimate this level of support. We also show that stated labor market support for transgender people is lower than support for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people. Our results advance our understanding of employment discrimination against transgender people.

Keywords: labor market discrimination; transgender people; double list experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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Working Paper: Understanding Labor Market Discrimination Against Transgender People: Evidence from a Double List Experiment and a Survey (2022)
Working Paper: Understanding Labor Market Discrimination against Transgender People: Evidence from a Double List Experiment and a Survey (2022)
Working Paper: Understanding Labor Market Discrimination Against Transgender People: Evidence from a Double List Experiment and a Survey (2022)
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