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Evidence of Racial Discrimination in Different Dimensions of Owner‐Occupied Housing Search
Author(s) -
Roychoudhury Canopy,
Goodman Allen C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
real estate economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1540-6229
pISSN - 1080-8620
DOI - 10.1111/1540-6229.00685
Subject(s) - seekers , metropolitan area , white (mutation) , housing discrimination , audit , demographic economics , ordered probit , probit , probit model , racism , economics , sociology , labour economics , business , political science , economic growth , geography , econometrics , law , management , gender studies , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , gene
This paper examines the incidence and extent of racial discrimination in various dimensions of owner‐occupied housing search. Audit data for sales units (1980‐90) from the Fair Housing Center of metropolitan Detroit is used in an ordered probit framework. Agents' own prejudices and the prejudices of their customers are shown to be significant in explaining discrimination. Results also indicate that white home seekers are steered toward more white and affluent neighborhoods.