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Discrimination During Eviction Moratoria

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  • Alina Arefeva
  • Kay Jowers
  • Qihui Hu
  • Christopher Timmins

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We merge a hand-collected dataset on state-level eviction policies with a nationwide field experiment of over 25,000 rental inquiries to study how enforcement constraints affect screening in rental markets. Exploiting plausibly exogenous variation from the staggered repeal of moratoria, we show that property managers discriminated more against minority renters when eviction—the primary enforcement mechanism—was suspended. Linking the experiment to tenant address histories, we find that nonresponses during moratoria translated into systematically different move-in patterns, shaping rental asset performance and market access. A simple search model explains these responses as landlords re-optimizing when enforcement is suspended.

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  • Alina Arefeva & Kay Jowers & Qihui Hu & Christopher Timmins, 2024. "Discrimination During Eviction Moratoria," NBER Working Papers 32289, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:32289
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    1. Lepinteur, Anthony & Menta, Giorgia & Waltl, Sofie R., 2025. "Equal price for equal place? Demand-driven racial discrimination in the housing market," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).

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    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets
    • R38 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Government Policy

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