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Author Archives: Christopher Carpenter

Professor Carpenter is a health and labor economist who studies the effects of public policies on health and family outcomes. He is the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Economics and director of the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab at Vanderbilt University.

Posted inPerspectives

What the Supreme Court’s decision on LGBT employment discrimination will mean for transgender Americans

by Christopher Carpenter and Gilbert Gonzales June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

In a national survey, transgender individuals had worse employment outcomes, lower incomes and higher rates of poverty than cisgender people.

Posted inPerspectives

Transgender Americans are more likely to be unemployed and poor

by Christopher Carpenter, Gilbert Gonzales and The Chicago Reporter February 14, 2020February 14, 2020

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