Abstract
Transgender people are an understudied population in economics but it has become clear that they face economic disparities: it is worth investigating the causal mechanisms of these in the interest of social justice and equity. This paper looks at potential relationships between legislation restricting the rights of transgender people in the past three years in the United States, bias against transgender people, and their economic outcomes. I used data from the U.S Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey and the Trans Legislation Tracker from 2021 – 2023, as well as conducting a survey with transgender people to investigate possible relationships. I did not find any statistically significant relationships in the interaction term between transgender people and anti-trans legislation. However, the transgender variable was significant in the negative direction for public insurance presence and in the positive (no job loss) direction for a recent job loss variable. I found qualitatively that transgender people implement avoidance strategies in hostile environments that could decrease their pool of economic opportunities.
Advisor
Long, Melanie
Department
Economics
Recommended Citation
Slayden, Vonne, "Bills, Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes: Examining U.S. Transgender Workers’ Economic Experiences During The 2020s Rise of Anti-Transgender Legislation" (2024). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 11071.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/11071
Disciplines
Behavioral Economics | Income Distribution | Other Economics | Social Influence and Political Communication
Keywords
United States, transgender, discrimination, economic disparities
Publication Date
2024
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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