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Eva Ranehill. Photo.

Eva Ranehill

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Eva Ranehill. Photo.

Continuous Gender Identity and Economics

Author

  • Anne Brenøe
  • Lea Heursen
  • Eva Ranehill
  • Roberto Weber

Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2022-05

Language

English

Pages

573-577

Publication/Series

AEA Papers and Proceedings

Volume

112

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Economic Association

Topic

  • Economics

Keywords

  • A11
  • D91
  • J16

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2574-0768