TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux
AU  - Oliveira, Tania
AU  - Rohith, Nikitha
        TI  - Testing for Discrimination in Rental Markets: Experimental Evidence from the UK
        PY  - 2022/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15460
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15460
        AB  - In this paper we provide novel insights on discrimination against immigrants in the UK rental market. We conducted a randomized-controlled trial close to a real-world setting where inquiries to view a property were made via phone inquiries with rental agencies and immigration background was signalled through non-UK accents. We document substantial discrimination against non-UK applicants with non-UK applicants having a 13 percent lower chance of securing a viewing for a rental. We also document substantial heterogeneous effects, with much more pronounced effects in local areas with a lower share of immigrants. We find that the background of agency managers or the composition of agency staff does not attenuate the effects.
        KW  - discrimination
KW  - rental market
KW  - immigration
KW  - right-to-rent
KW  - UK
        ER  -