What Explains the Differential Treatment of Renters Based on Ethnicity? New Evidence From Sydney
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Galster (0000-0001-5054-0898, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA), Heather Macdonald (0000-0003-2105-5919, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, corresponding author), Jacqueline K Nelson (0000-0001-7848-0604, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), Jacqueline Nelson |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-136 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087416679735 |
| OpenAlex | W2549339965 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article conducts the first contextual analysis of ethnic-based discrimination in an Australian rental housing market: metropolitan Sydney. Logistic regression is employed to investigate how the likelihood of five behaviors by rental agents that may favor Anglo home seekers varies according to characteristics of the agent, home seeker, dwelling, and neighborhood. We find that several forms of discrimination favoring Anglos are consistently more likely in neighborhoods characterized by lower crime rates and shares of renter households, regardless of the ethnicity of the agent. Other patterns are consistent with the hypothesis that, in general in the Sydney rental market, agents regardless of ethnicity are motivated to discriminate by statistical discrimination. Our result that profit, not prejudice, drives discrimination implies that it will prove resilient to unfettered housing market forces and changes in societal ethnic tolerance, but instead, must be addressed through enhanced civil rights enforcement strategies
Business · Demographic economics · Differential (mechanical device · Economic growth · Economics · Enforcement · Ethnic discrimination · Ethnic group · Geography · Housing discrimination · Metropolitan area · Political science · Prejudice (legal term · Public economics · Rental housing · Renting · Sociology · Discrimination and Equality Law · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |