Is There a Penalty for Becoming a Woman? Is There a Premium for Becoming a Man? Evidence from a Sample of Transsexual Workers

Lydia Geijtenbeek () and Erik Plug ()
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Lydia Geijtenbeek: University of Amsterdam

No 9077, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We study the earnings of transsexuals using Dutch administrative labor force data. First, we compare transsexuals to other women and men, and find that transsexuals earn more than women and less than men. Second, we compare transsexuals before and after transition using worker fixed effects models, and find a fall in earnings for men who become women and a smaller rise (if any) in earnings for women who become men. These earnings patterns, which hold for annual as well as hourly earnings, are consistent with a labor market model in which workers are discriminated for being female and transsexual.

Keywords: labor market outcomes; gender; transsexuals; discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J24 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2015-05
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Published - published as 'Is There a Penalty for Registered Women? Is There a Premium for Registered Men? Evidence from a Sample of Transsexual Workers' in: European Economic Review, 2018, 109, 334 -347

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