Are lesbians discriminated against in the rental housing market? Evidence from a correspondence testing experiment

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-238

  Ahmed, Ali M ^a,b   Andersson, Lina ^b   Hammarstedt, Mats ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Field experiments; Housing market; Internet; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249112523     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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