Discussion Papers no. 547

Evidence from the rental market

Discrimination in Europe

This paper considers statistical discrimination in rental markets, using a rich data set on rental contracts from Norway. We find that tenants born abroad pay a statistically significant and economically important premium for their dwelling units after controlling for a comprehensive set of apartment, individual and contract specific covariates. We also find that the premium is largest for tenants of African origin. Moreover, the children of parents born abroad also face a statistically significant and economically important rental premium.

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Tittel

Discrimination in Europe. Evidence from the rental market

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Timothy K.M. Beatty, Dag Einar Sommervoll

Serie og -nummer

Discussion Papers no. 547

Utgiver

Statistics Norway

Emne

Discussion Papers

Antall sider

25

Målform

Engelsk

Om Discussion Papers

Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.

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