Do Real Estate Brokers Choose to Discriminate? Evidence from the 1989 Housing Discrimination Study

Jan Ondrich, Alex Stricker and John Yinger

Southern Economic Journal, 1998, vol. 64, issue 4, 880-901

Abstract: Discrimination is systematic unfavorable treatment based solely on group membership. This study focuses on racial and ethnic discrimination in qualitative actions by real estate brokers, such as showing an advertised house, based on 2000 audits conducted in 1989. Each audit consists of a visit to a broker by a white person and a black or Hispanic person with equal qualifications. The audit data are used to measure the incidence of discrimination and to test hypotheses about its causes. The results reveal widespread discrimination and indicate that brokers discriminate based on personal prejudice and the prejudice of white clients.

Date: 1998
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