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Hormone Therapy Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Running Away among Transgender Adolescents

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  • Travis Campbell
  • Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

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This paper uses the 2015 US Transgender Survey to estimate the association between gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) initiation and the risk of running away among transgender adolescents during the first year of treatment. Our event study approach compares transgender adolescents who started GAHT with those who initiated GAHT a year later. Results indicate that GAHT is associated with a 2 percentage point reduction in the risk of running away from home, which amounts to a 20 percent decrease in the risk of running away. The association is largest when GAHT begins at younger ages (i.e., 14–15).

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  • Travis Campbell & Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, 2026. "Hormone Therapy Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Running Away among Transgender Adolescents," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 116, pages 573-577, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:116:y:2026:p:573-577
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20261052
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    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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