Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy - Call for Papers: Special Issue on LGBTQ+ Economics
Sexual and gender minority populations, commonly understood to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer/questioning, transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and asexual/aromantic people, are underrepresented in economics research. Societal, legal, and political attention on these communities underscores that economics as a discipline needs a better understanding of LGBTQ+ access to education, housing, equitable labor market opportunities, health care, family supports, and other related outcomes in order to offer guidance to policy makers.
The Journal of Economics, Race and Policy (JERP) is announcing a Call for Papers on LGBTQ+ Economics. Any economics research addressing LGBTQ+ topics is appropriate for this issue, including (but not limited to): papers documenting new labor market and related economic disparities related to LGBTQ+ status (e.g., on understudied outcomes or in understudied contexts); evaluations of the effects of LGBTQ+ policies; evaluations of the effects of non-LGBTQ+ policies on LGBTQ+ people; and research on LGBTQ+ issues in the classroom, including in economics education, or the economics profession. Preference will be given to papers that explicitly center how race/ethnicity interact with LGBTQ+ experiences.
We seek original, methodologically rigorous, economics research papers. Empirical papers that use administrative data, population-representative survey data, or data from an IRB-approved (and preferably pre-registered) field, lab, vignette, or survey-based experiment, will have preference over other types of samples. Descriptive papers and analytic/causal analyses are also welcome. Commentaries, essays, and literature reviews are not appropriate for this Special Issue.
The Special Issue will prioritize the acceptance of completed manuscripts at the time of initial submission to enter the review process. However, a small number of proposals for papers may also be accepted for the final paper to be submitted within 8 months following the acceptance of the proposal. Potential authors interested in this avenue should email the Guest Editors a description of the proposed analysis (1-2 pages single-spaced, including references) that addresses the need for the paper and feasibility of completing the paper within 6-8 months. All papers will undergo peer review (i.e., if the Guest Editors invite a full submission based on a proposal, this does not guarantee eventual publication). This option may be especially attractive to authors (including PhD students) who have not previously written in the LGBTQ+ economics field; we are deliberately interested in curating such submissions in hopes of expanding the set of scholars working in this field.
Submissions of completed manuscripts to the special issue must be made online via JERP’s submission portal no later than April 15, 2024. Short proposals are also due on this date by email to the Guest Editors (JERP’s submission system is only for completed manuscripts). The issue is expected to appear in 2025. Submissions will be subject to the usual length and style requirements of JERP and will undergo all of the journal's standard peer review and editorial processes outlined in its submission guidelines by outside referees and guest editors. Questions may be directed to the editors listed below.
Submissions of completed manuscripts to the special issue must be made online via JERP’s submission portal no later than April 15, 2024. Short proposals are also due on this date by email to the Guest Editors (JERP’s submission system is only for completed manuscripts). The issue is expected to appear in 2025. Submissions will be subject to the usual length and style requirements of JERP and will undergo all of the journal's standard peer review and editorial processes outlined in its submission guidelines by outside referees and guest editors. Questions may be directed to the editors listed below.
Guest Editors:
Patrick Button (they/he), Tulane University, USA (pbutton@tulane.edu (this opens in a new tab))
Christopher S. Carpenter (he/him), Vanderbilt University, USA (christopher.s.carpenter@vanderbilt.edu (this opens in a new tab))
Donn Feir (they/them), University of Victoria, Canada (dfeir@uvic.edu (this opens in a new tab))