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来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.71,P.99-114

语言

英文

关键字

J15;C93;Racial discrimination;Rental housing;Field experiment

作者单位

Department of Economics, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 3992, Atlanta, GA 30302, United States"}]},{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor1;Department of Economics, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 3992, Atlanta, GA 30302, United States"}]}},"correspondences":{"cor1":{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor1

摘要

This paper tests for racial discrimination in the rental housing market using matched-pair audits conducted via e-mail for rental units advertised on-line. We reveal home-seekers’ race to landlords by sending e-mails from names with a high likelihood of association with either whites or African Americans. Generally, discrimination occurs against African American names; however, when the content of the e-mail messages insinuates home-seekers with high social class, discrimination is non-existent. Racial discrimination is more severe in neighborhoods that are near “tipping points” in racial composition, and for units that are part of a larger building.