2025/07/09 by Marina Mileo Gorzig, Deborah Rho · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research #Discrimination and Equality Law
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/coep.12704
openalex publication_date 2025/07/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
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.