Better residential than ethnic discrimination! Reconciling audit's findings and interviews' findings in the Parisian housing market (LIEPP Working Paper, n°36)
Francois Bonnet, Etienne Lalé, Mirna Safi & Etienne Wasmer
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...