Subtle discrimination in the rental housing market: Evidence from e-mail correspondence with landlords
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Discrimination; Field experiment; Housing; Race;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
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