"Transgender Transitioning and Responsiveness to Policy: Evidence from the Netherlands" with John Cawley and Hans van Kippersluis
American Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings, 114: 364-68. [code]
Abstract: 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.
Labor Market Dynamics Before and After Transgender Transitioning: Event Studies Based on Dutch Administrative Data (with Hans van Kippersluis and John Cawley)
Healing Gaps: General Practitioners' Influence on Minority Health (with Vahid Moghani)
Increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age: Impacts on Adolescent Alcohol Consumption (with Liying Zhang, Hans van Kippersluis, John Cawley, Karin Monshouwer, Saskia van Dorsselaer, and Ruud Roodbeen)
"Alcoholconsumptie jongeren niet extra afgenomen na verhoging minimumleeftijd" [English: Adolescent alcohol consumption did not decrease further after the minimum legal drinking age was raised] with Hans van Kippersluis, Liying Zhang and Ruud Roodbeen.
ESB Economisch Statistische Berichten, 109 (4839), 491-493.