A substantial economics literature documents that tighter alcohol controls reduce alcohol related harms, but far less is known about mechanisms. We use the universe of Canadian mortality records to document that Canada's Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) significantly reduces mortality rates of...

The social and legal recognition of nonbinary people--those who do not exclusively identify with traditionally male or female genders--is growing. Yet, we know little about their economic realities. We offer the first nationally representative evidence on the earnings of nonbinary people using...

The social and legal recognition of nonbinary people - those who do not exclusively identify with traditionally male or female genders - is growing. Yet, we know little about their economic realities. We offer the first nationally representative evidence on the earnings of nonbinary people using...

We provide the literature's first estimates of economic outcomes for transgender people and other gender minorities in the United States using nationally representative data from the Household Pulse Survey. We find that transgender women individuals who were assigned male at birth but who...

We provide new evidence on the economic outcomes of transgender and gender diverse people in New Zealand (NZ) using confidential linked administrative data from driver license records - which identify gender diverse people since 2021 - linked to NZ birth and tax records. We document that gender...

We provide the literature’s first estimates of economic outcomes for transgender people and other gender minorities in the United States using nationally representative data from the Household Pulse Survey. We find that transgender women – individuals who were assigned male at birth but who...