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Racial rent differences in U.S. housing markets: Evidence from the housing voucher program

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  • Dirk W. Early
  • Paul E. Carrillo
  • Edgar O. Olsen

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This paper exploits an unusually rich data set to estimate racial differences in the rents paid for identical housing in the same neighborhood in U.S. housing markets and to show how they vary with neighborhood racial composition. Results suggest that black households pay more for identical housing in identical neighborhoods than their white counterparts and that this rent gap increases with the fraction of the neighborhood white. In neighborhoods with the smallest fraction white, the premium is about 0.6%. In neighborhoods with the largest fraction white, it is about 2.4%. This pattern holds across different types of areas.

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  • Dirk W. Early & Paul E. Carrillo & Edgar O. Olsen, 2019. "Racial rent differences in U.S. housing markets: Evidence from the housing voucher program," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(4), pages 669-700, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jregsc:v:59:y:2019:i:4:p:669-700
    DOI: 10.1111/jors.12422
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    1. Vladimir Avetian, 2022. "Essays in economics of discrimination and diversity [Essais sur l’économie de la discrimination et de la diversité]," SciencePo Working papers Main tel-03858054, HAL.
    2. Preis, Benjamin, 2024. "Is This a Rental? Comparing Methods for Identifying Rental Units," OSF Preprints afzdx, Center for Open Science.
    3. Yamagishi, Atsushi, 2019. "Minimum Wages and Housing Rents: Theory and Evidence from Two Countries," MPRA Paper 94238, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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