Abstract
We examine the impact of a policy that reduces information about rental housing applicants on racial discrimination. We submitted fictitious email inquiries to publicly advertised rentals using names manipulated on perceived race and ethnicity before and after a policy that restricted the use of background checks, eviction history, income minimums, and credit history in rental housing applications in Minneapolis. After the policy was implemented, discrimination against African American and Somali American men increased. Triple difference analysis shows that discrimination increased in Minneapolis relative to St. Paul after the policy.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 186-206 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Contemporary Economic Policy |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2026 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2025 The Author(s). Contemporary Economic Policy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Western Economic Association International.
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Keywords
- discrimination
- housing
- immigration
- race/ethnicity
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