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

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Aksoy, Billur; Carpenter, Christopher S.; Sansone, Dario
• 署名单位: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Vanderbilt University; National Bureau of Economic Research; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of Exeter
• 刊物名称: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0025-1909
• DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2023.02567
• 发表日期: 2025
• 关键词: labor market discrimination; transgender people; double list experiment

摘要

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.