Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/224276 
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Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 670
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This paper uses data from the BRFSS over the period 2014-2019 to analyse the impact of removing surgical requirements to change legal gender. In many states transgender people are forced to undergo surgical procedures if they wish to change their gender on ID documents, which can be invasive, expensive, and is not always desired. In the present work state variation in the timing of the removal of surgical requirements is exploited within a triple difference framework to analyse the causal impact of these removals on the labour force participation and employment of transgender people. The findings highlight the detrimental economic impact of surgical requirements for transgender people to be able to reassign gender on birth certificates, especially for those individuals that are least likely to be able to afford surgical treatment.
Subjects: 
Gender Identity
Trans
Employment
Self-Employment
Discrimination
Law
Birth Certificates
JEL: 
J15
J16
J71
J78
K31
K38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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