Examining differential treatment of single mothers and people with disabilities in the apartment rental market

Bryan Tomlin

Economics Letters, 2017, vol. 161, issue C, 34-37

Abstract: This paper attempts to improve our understanding of rental market experiences of single mothers and people with disabilities. Inquiry emails randomly assigned a signal of disability receive 12.5% fewer responses than control emails, and those signaling single-motherhood receive 14.3% fewer.

Keywords: Discrimination; Field study; Housing; Single mother; Disability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.09.024

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