Pronoun usage and gender identity's effects on market outcomes: Evidence from a preregistered field experiment
通过预注册田野实验,研究在租房咨询中披露个人代词(暗示顺性别或跨性别身份)如何影响房东回复率,发现两类申请者均面临约17%的回复率下降。
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.