Billie Martiniello
Biographic Data
| ID | 697729 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Billie Martiniello |
| GIVEN NAMES | Billie |
| FAMILY NAME | Martiniello |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINIELLO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8882-671X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Local Governments’ Response to Discrimination
Does more knowledge on anti-discrimination law relate to more support for anti-discrimination policy on the rental housing market
Discrimination is still a pervasive problem on the rental housing market. At the same time, the efficiency of anti-discrimination policies relies on the support for and knowledge of these policies. We examined to what extent landlords have knowledge of the anti-discrimination legislation in Belgium and whether their level of knowledge is related to their support for anti-discrimination policy measures. For these purposes, we performed a survey in…
My name is a barrier
Housing discrimination remains a significant barrier to inclusive and equitable societies. While field experiments have documented discrimination against ethnic minorities, less attention was given to lived experiences during the housing search and the coping strategies individuals employ. This study adopts a mixed-methods approach to examine how perceived rental discrimination – encompassing personal experiences versus group-level perceptions, a…
Local Governments’ Response to Discrimination
Discrimination is widely studied, with extensive research measuring discrimination on the housing and labor markets. This study examines how local governments address this well-documented issue, by conducting content analysis on 45 policy documents and by performing semi-structured in-depth interviews with 24 alder(wo)men and diversity officers across nine Belgian cities. We introduce a temporal framework combining why, what, how, and when local …
Identifying rental discrimination on the Flemish housing market
This study aims to identify rental discrimination on the Flemish rental housing market in Belgium, taking the intersectional nature of discrimination into account. Most discrimination studies focus on unequal access based on one individual discrimination ground. This practice eludes the context of the other discrimination grounds in which rental discrimination occurs and neglects the intersectional nature of discrimination. We therefore conducted…
Different names, different discrimination? How perceptions of names can explain rental discrimination
We find that realtors discriminate based on the perception of a name as religious, which we describe as religious taste-based discrimination. Besides, we also find indications for statistical discrimination. For landlords, the perception of a name as non-European increases discrimination, indicating ethnic taste-based discrimination
Ethnic prejudices and public support for anti-discrimination policies on the housing market
Notwithstanding persistent levels of ethnic discrimination on the rental housing market, we have witnessed in many West-European countries a shift from targeted multicultural to colour-blind policies. At the same time, anti-immigration attitudes remained relatively stable. Whether and how these attitudes are translated in support or aversion toward anti-discrimination policies is, however, still unclear. As the first study in Europe we analyse pu…
In the Name of the Neighbor
Correspondence testing is an increasingly used method to measure ethnic discrimination. Hereby researchers make use of names to signal ethnic origin. Nevertheless, it is rather rare that the used names are thoroughly pretested. Names are implicitly or explicitly assumed to contain clear signals of ethnic origin. Besides, individual differences in ethnic perceptions of names are ignored. Therefore, this study aims to analyze how the ethnic percept…
Addressing methodological assumptions of correspondence tests when measuring discrimination
In this study, we introduce a critical assessment of methodological assumptions made by researchers when using correspondence tests to measure ethnic discrimination. We aim to investigate whether (1) the order in which the applications are sent out, between the test and control person, (2) the conducted matched triad tests, in comparison to matched duo tests, and (3) the timing of application within the week, have an effect on discrimination rate…
Does the neighbourhood of the dwelling and the real estate agency matter? Geographical differences in ethnic discrimination on the rental housing market
This study aims to investigate to which extent the ethnic and socio-economic composition of the neighbourhood is related to levels of discrimination in the rental housing market and how this is linked to theories of ethnic discrimination. Hereby, we divide the context into the neighbourhood of the dwelling and the real estate agency, using data from 2385 correspondence tests conducted among realtors in the city of Antwerp in Belgium. Regarding th…
Different names, different discrimination? How perceptions of names can explain rental discrimination
We find that realtors discriminate based on the perception of a name as religious, which we describe as religious taste-based discrimination. Besides, we also find indications for statistical discrimination. For landlords, the perception of a name as non-European increases discrimination, indicating ethnic taste-based discrimination
Ethnic prejudices and public support for anti-discrimination policies on the housing market
Notwithstanding persistent levels of ethnic discrimination on the rental housing market, we have witnessed in many West-European countries a shift from targeted multicultural to colour-blind policies. At the same time, anti-immigration attitudes remained relatively stable. Whether and how these attitudes are translated in support or aversion toward anti-discrimination policies is, however, still unclear. As the first study in Europe we analyse pu…
Does the neighbourhood of the dwelling and the real estate agency matter? Geographical differences in ethnic discrimination on the rental housing market
This study aims to investigate to which extent the ethnic and socio-economic composition of the neighbourhood is related to levels of discrimination in the rental housing market and how this is linked to theories of ethnic discrimination. Hereby, we divide the context into the neighbourhood of the dwelling and the real estate agency, using data from 2385 correspondence tests conducted among realtors in the city of Antwerp in Belgium. Regarding th…
My name is a barrier
Housing discrimination remains a significant barrier to inclusive and equitable societies. While field experiments have documented discrimination against ethnic minorities, less attention was given to lived experiences during the housing search and the coping strategies individuals employ. This study adopts a mixed-methods approach to examine how perceived rental discrimination – encompassing personal experiences versus group-level perceptions, a…
Local Governments’ Response to Discrimination
Discrimination is widely studied, with extensive research measuring discrimination on the housing and labor markets. This study examines how local governments address this well-documented issue, by conducting content analysis on 45 policy documents and by performing semi-structured in-depth interviews with 24 alder(wo)men and diversity officers across nine Belgian cities. We introduce a temporal framework combining why, what, how, and when local …
In the Name of the Neighbor
Correspondence testing is an increasingly used method to measure ethnic discrimination. Hereby researchers make use of names to signal ethnic origin. Nevertheless, it is rather rare that the used names are thoroughly pretested. Names are implicitly or explicitly assumed to contain clear signals of ethnic origin. Besides, individual differences in ethnic perceptions of names are ignored. Therefore, this study aims to analyze how the ethnic percept…
Addressing methodological assumptions of correspondence tests when measuring discrimination
In this study, we introduce a critical assessment of methodological assumptions made by researchers when using correspondence tests to measure ethnic discrimination. We aim to investigate whether (1) the order in which the applications are sent out, between the test and control person, (2) the conducted matched triad tests, in comparison to matched duo tests, and (3) the timing of application within the week, have an effect on discrimination rate…
Addressing methodological assumptions of correspondence tests when measuring discrimination
In this study, we introduce a critical assessment of methodological assumptions made by researchers when using correspondence tests to measure ethnic discrimination. We aim to investigate whether (1) the order in which the applications are sent out, between the test and control person, (2) the conducted matched triad tests, in comparison to matched duo tests, and (3) the timing of application within the week, have an effect on discrimination rate…
Does the neighbourhood of the dwelling and the real estate agency matter? Geographical differences in ethnic discrimination on the rental housing market
This study aims to investigate to which extent the ethnic and socio-economic composition of the neighbourhood is related to levels of discrimination in the rental housing market and how this is linked to theories of ethnic discrimination. Hereby, we divide the context into the neighbourhood of the dwelling and the real estate agency, using data from 2385 correspondence tests conducted among realtors in the city of Antwerp in Belgium. Regarding th…
Identifying rental discrimination on the Flemish housing market
This study aims to identify rental discrimination on the Flemish rental housing market in Belgium, taking the intersectional nature of discrimination into account. Most discrimination studies focus on unequal access based on one individual discrimination ground. This practice eludes the context of the other discrimination grounds in which rental discrimination occurs and neglects the intersectional nature of discrimination. We therefore conducted…
Different names, different discrimination? How perceptions of names can explain rental discrimination
We find that realtors discriminate based on the perception of a name as religious, which we describe as religious taste-based discrimination. Besides, we also find indications for statistical discrimination. For landlords, the perception of a name as non-European increases discrimination, indicating ethnic taste-based discrimination
Ethnic prejudices and public support for anti-discrimination policies on the housing market
Notwithstanding persistent levels of ethnic discrimination on the rental housing market, we have witnessed in many West-European countries a shift from targeted multicultural to colour-blind policies. At the same time, anti-immigration attitudes remained relatively stable. Whether and how these attitudes are translated in support or aversion toward anti-discrimination policies is, however, still unclear. As the first study in Europe we analyse pu…
In the Name of the Neighbor
Correspondence testing is an increasingly used method to measure ethnic discrimination. Hereby researchers make use of names to signal ethnic origin. Nevertheless, it is rather rare that the used names are thoroughly pretested. Names are implicitly or explicitly assumed to contain clear signals of ethnic origin. Besides, individual differences in ethnic perceptions of names are ignored. Therefore, this study aims to analyze how the ethnic percept…
Local Governments’ Response to Discrimination
Discrimination is widely studied, with extensive research measuring discrimination on the housing and labor markets. This study examines how local governments address this well-documented issue, by conducting content analysis on 45 policy documents and by performing semi-structured in-depth interviews with 24 alder(wo)men and diversity officers across nine Belgian cities. We introduce a temporal framework combining why, what, how, and when local …
Local Governments’ Response to Discrimination
Does more knowledge on anti-discrimination law relate to more support for anti-discrimination policy on the rental housing market
Discrimination is still a pervasive problem on the rental housing market. At the same time, the efficiency of anti-discrimination policies relies on the support for and knowledge of these policies. We examined to what extent landlords have knowledge of the anti-discrimination legislation in Belgium and whether their level of knowledge is related to their support for anti-discrimination policy measures. For these purposes, we performed a survey in…
My name is a barrier
Housing discrimination remains a significant barrier to inclusive and equitable societies. While field experiments have documented discrimination against ethnic minorities, less attention was given to lived experiences during the housing search and the coping strategies individuals employ. This study adopts a mixed-methods approach to examine how perceived rental discrimination – encompassing personal experiences versus group-level perceptions, a…
Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Renting (6 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works)