Nonbinary Gender Economics

Katherine B. Coffman, Lucas C. Coffman and Keith Marzilli Ericson

Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2026, vol. 4, issue 2, 701 - 748

Abstract: Economics research has largely overlooked nonbinary individuals. We investigate many of their economically important beliefs and preferences. Average differences include the following: Nonbinary individuals report more gender-based discrimination and less workplace inclusion than men or women. Anti-nonbinary sentiment is stronger than anti-LGBT sentiment, and strongest among men. Nonbinary respondents report lower assertiveness and confidence. They have different career and life aspirations, valuing career prosociality more and having children less. Their social preferences are similar to men’s and less prosocial than women’s, with age an important moderator. Stereotypes are inaccurate, as respondents often mistake the direction of group gender differences or exaggerate their size.

Date: 2026
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/737242 (application/pdf)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/737242 (text/html)
Access to the online full text or PDF requires a subscription.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucp:jpemic:doi:10.1086/737242

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics from University of Chicago Press
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Journals Division ().