Information and discrimination in the rental housing market: Evidence from a field experiment

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-19

  Bosch, Mariano ^a   Carnero, M Angeles ^a   Farré, Lídia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Barcelona)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Field experiment; Migration; Rental market

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; FIELD SURVEY; HOUSING MARKET; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; RACISM; RENTAL SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 71549118502     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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