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Pronoun usage and gender identity's effects on market outcomes: Evidence from a preregistered field experiment

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  • Tomlin, Bryan

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A pre-registered field experiment was conducted to test of the effects that including one's preferred pronouns – and in doing so signaling whether one is cisgender or transgender – has on a landlord's decision to further pursue a rental inquiry. Focusing on small landlords seeking tenants for separate units located on their property (ADUs), the study finds that – relative to applicants who did not disclose their preferred pronouns – applicants who stated their preferred pronouns and whose pronouns signaled cisgender experienced a 17.0 % decrease in response rates while applicants whose pronouns signaled transgender experienced a 17.9 % decrease in response rates. These findings suggest a need for future study.

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  • Tomlin, Bryan, 2024. "Pronoun usage and gender identity's effects on market outcomes: Evidence from a preregistered field experiment," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 236(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:236:y:2024:i:c:s0165176524000673
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111584
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    Discrimination; Field study; Housing; Transgender; Pronouns;
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    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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