Abstract
Audits conducted in Boston in 1981 uncovered extensive discrimination; black housing seekers were told about 30 percent fewer available housing units than were whites. Finds that the primary cause of this discrimination is economic: housing agents cater to the racial prejudice of current or potential white customers. -from Author
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 881-893 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | American Economic Review |
Volume | 76 |
Issue number | 5 |
State | Published - 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics