Can Discrimination in the Housing Market Be Reduced by Increasing the Information about the Applicants?
Can Discrimination in the Housing Market Be Reduced by Increasing the Information about the Applicants?
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DOI：
10.3368/le.86.1.79
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发表时间：
2010-02-01
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影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Hammarstedt, Mats
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作者：
Ahmed, Ali M.;Andersson, Lina;Hammarstedt, Mats
我们调查了增加申请者信息如何影响租赁住房市场的歧视。我们允许四个虚构的申请者，两个有典型的阿拉伯/穆斯林名字，两个有典型的瑞典名字，使用包含不同信息量的申请信通过互联网申请瑞典的公寓。阿拉伯/穆斯林申请者收到的房东答复比瑞典申请者少。所有申请者都通过提供更多关于自己的信息而获益，但对阿拉伯/穆斯林申请者的歧视数量保持不变，这表明增加关于申请者的信息量不会减少歧视。(JEL J17)
We investigate how increasing the information about applicants affects discrimination in the rental housing market. We let four fictitious applicants, two with typical Arab/Muslim names and two with typical Swedish names, use application letters containing different amounts of information to apply for apartments over the Internet in Sweden. The Arab/Muslim applicants received fewer responses from the landlords than did the Swedish applicants. All of the applicants gained by providing more information about themselves, but the amount of discrimination against the Arab/Muslim applicants remained unchanged indicating the increasing the amount of information about the applicants will not reduce discrimination. (JEL J17)