Code for: Transgender Transitioning and Responsiveness to Policy: Evidence from the Netherlands

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Elisa de Weerd, Erasmus University Rotterdam; John Cawley, Cornell University; Hans van Kippersluis, Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Project Citation:

de Weerd, Elisa, Cawley, John, and van Kippersluis, Hans. Code for: Transgender Transitioning and Responsiveness to Policy: Evidence from the Netherlands. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-04-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/E198723V1

Project Description

Summary: This study examines a 2014 policy change in the Netherlands that simplified the process to legally transition one’s gender. Administrative data for 2006-22 indicate there was a 725% increase in transitions after the policy change, suggesting that legal gender transitions are elastic to costs and barriers. The policy change was followed by a 10-year reduction in the average age at transition, and a reduction in the use of gender-affirming care in the 3 years prior to transitioning. This research sheds light on how policy changes can influence decisions related to gender transitioning and the use of gender-affirming care.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: gender identity; transgender; lgbtq; health policy; gender-affirming care; legal gender recognition

JEL Classification:
      I14 Health and Inequality
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy

Geographic Coverage: The Netherlands

Data Type(s): program source code

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation: Individual

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