Seeking for Tipping Point in the Housing Market

Sylvain Chareyron (), Samuel Gorohouna (), Yannick L'Horty (), Pascale Petit () and Catherine Ris ()
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Sylvain Chareyron: ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel
Samuel Gorohouna: UNC - Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, LARJE - Laboratoire de Recherches Juridique et Economique - UNC - Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
Pascale Petit: ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel, TEPP - Théorie et évaluation des politiques publiques - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Catherine Ris: LARJE - Laboratoire de Recherches Juridique et Economique - UNC - Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, UNC - Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

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Abstract: This study conducts an econometric investigation of the relationship between ethnic discrimination and the ethnic composition of neighborhoods. In particular, we look for the presence of non-linearity in the relationship that might be indicative of a tipping point in ethnic composition. To do this, we measure discrimination in access to housing in New Caledonia with a large field experiment. Between 2015 and 2017, we sent six rental applications to 741 real-estate advertisements, for a total of 3,616 observations. The various applicants have European, Kanak and Wallisian names and show different signals of quality. Using census data, we link the location of the offer to neighborhood ethnic composition. The results show lower ethnic discrimination in neighborhoods with minority share above 40%. Discrimination remains, however, substantial in neighborhoods that are composed mainly of ethnic minorities.

Keywords: Ethnic discrimination; access to housing; New-Caledonia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Revue Economique, 2023, 74 (1), pp.5-27. ⟨10.3917/reco.pr2.0182⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/reco.pr2.0182

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