10.25647/LIEPP.WP.38
Zemmour, Michaël
Michaël
Zemmour
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9909-7230
University of Lille
Economie politique du financement progressif de la protection sociale (LIEPP Working Paper n°38 )
Sciences Po - LIEPP
2015
Working Paper
FOS: Social sciences
fr
10.25647/liepp.wp
This article investigates discrimination and the interplay of residential and ethnic stigma on the French housing market using two different methods, paired-testing au- dit study of real estate agencies and face-to-face interviews with real estate agents. The juxtaposition of their findings leads to a paradox: interviews reveal high levels of ethnic discrimination but little to none residential discrimination, while the audit study shows that living in deprived suburbs is associated with a lower probability of obtaining an appointment for a housing vacancy but ethnic origin (signaled by the candidate’s name) has no significant discriminatory effect. We have three priors po- tentially consistent with this apparent paradox and re-evaluate their likelihood in light of these findings: (i) agents make use of any statistical information about insolvency, including residency; (ii) there are two distinct and independent taste discriminations, one about space and one about ethnicity; (iii) these two dimensions exist and comple- ment each other.
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001665
ANR-11-LABX-0091
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001665
ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001665
ANR-18-IDEX-0001