Better residential than ethnic discrimination!

François Bonnet; Etienne Lalé; Mirna Safi; Etienne Wasmer

Better residential than ethnic discrimination!: Reconciling audit's findings and interviews' findings in the Parisian housing market

François Bonnet ¹ Etienne Lalé ² Mirna Safi ³ Etienne Wasmer ⁴

1 Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales

2 University of Bristol [Bristol]

3 OSC - Observatoire sociologique du changement

4 Sciences Po

Abstract : This article investigates discrimination and the interplay of residential and ethnic stigma on the French housing market using two different methods, paired-testing au- dit study of real estate agencies and face-to-face interviews with real estate agents. The juxtaposition of their findings leads to a paradox: interviews reveal high levels of ethnic discrimination but little to none residential discrimination, while the audit study shows that living in deprived suburbs is associated with a lower probability of obtaining an appointment for a housing vacancy but ethnic origin (signaled by the candidate’s name) has no significant discriminatory effect. We have three priors po- tentially consistent with this apparent paradox and re-evaluate their likelihood in light of these findings: (i) agents make use of any statistical information about insolvency, including residency; (ii) there are two distinct and independent taste discriminations, one about space and one about ethnicity; (iii) these two dimensions exist and comple- ment each other.

Keywords : Housing Market Neighborhood Effects Discrimination

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Article dans une revue

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Sciences de l'Homme et Société / Sociologie

Sciences de l'Homme et Société / Economies et finances

Sciences de l'Homme et Société / Science politique

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