Measuring racial discrimination with fair housing audits: caught in the Act.
Measuring racial discrimination with fair housing audits: caught in the Act.
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通过公平住房审计衡量种族歧视：该法案的规定。
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1986
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John M. Yinger
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John M. Yinger
一种称为“公平住房审计”的调查技术提供了住房方面种族歧视的直接衡量标准。本文探讨了审计数据提出的计量经济学问题，衡量了 1981 年波士顿研究中发现的歧视，并检验了有关歧视原因的假设。据估计，歧视程度很高：黑人住房寻求者被告知可用住房单位比白人少 30%。假设检验表明，这种歧视的主要原因是住房经纪人通过迎合当前或潜在白人客户的种族偏见来非法促进其经济利益。
A survey technique called a "fair housing audit" provides a direct measure of racial discrimination in housing. This paper examines the econometric issues raised by audit data, measures the discrimination uncovered by a 1981 Boston study, and tests hypotheses about the causes of discrimination. The estimated level of discrimination is high: Black housing seekers are told about 30 percent fewer available housing units than are whites. The hypothesis tests indicate that the primary cause of this discrimination is that housing agents illegally promote their economic interests by catering to the racial prejudice of their current or potential white customers.