Discrimination against gay and transgender people in Latin America: a correspondence study in the rental housing market

We assess the extent of discrimination against gay and transgender individuals in the rental housing markets of four Latin American countries. We conducted a large-scale field experiment building on the correspondence study methodology to examine interactions between property managers and fictitious...

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Autores principales: Abbate, Nicolás, Berniell, María Inés, Coleff, Joaquín, Laguinge, Luis Alberto, Machelett, Margarita, Marchionni, Mariana, Pedrazzi, Julián Pierino, Pinto, María Florencia
Formato: Articulo Documento de trabajo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
Materias:
Ciencias Económicas
LGBTQ+
Discrimination
Correspondence study
Rental housing market
Latin America
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/145394
https://www.cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/wp/wp-content/uploads/doc_cedlas306.pdf?dl=0
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topic Ciencias Económicas
LGBTQ+
Discrimination
Correspondence study
Rental housing market
Latin America
spellingShingle Ciencias Económicas
LGBTQ+
Discrimination
Correspondence study
Rental housing market
Latin America
Abbate, Nicolás
Berniell, María Inés
Coleff, Joaquín
Laguinge, Luis Alberto
Machelett, Margarita
Marchionni, Mariana
Pedrazzi, Julián Pierino
Pinto, María Florencia
Discrimination against gay and transgender people in Latin America: a correspondence study in the rental housing market
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
LGBTQ+
Discrimination
Correspondence study
Rental housing market
Latin America
description We assess the extent of discrimination against gay and transgender individuals in the rental housing markets of four Latin American countries. We conducted a large-scale field experiment building on the correspondence study methodology to examine interactions between property managers and fictitious couples engaged in searches in a major online rental housing platform. We find evidence of discriminatory behavior against heterosexual couples where the female partner is a transgender women (trans couples): they receive 19% fewer responses, 27% fewer positive responses, and 23% fewer invitations to showings than heterosexual couples. However, we find no evidence of discrimination against gay male couples. We also assess whether the evidence is consistent with taste-based discrimination or statistical discrimination models by comparing response rates when couples signal a high socioeconomic status (high SES). While we find no significant effect of the signal on call-back rates or the type of response for high-SES heterosexual or gay male couples, trans couples benefit when they signal a high SES. Their call-back, positive-response, and invitation rates increase by 25%, 36% and 29%, respectively. These results suggest the presence of discrimination against trans couples in the Latin American online rental housing market, which seems consistent with statistical discrimination. Moreover, we find no evidence of heterosexual couples being favoured over gay male couples, nor evidence of statistical discrimination for gay male or heterosexual couples.
format Articulo
Documento de trabajo
author Abbate, Nicolás
Berniell, María Inés
Coleff, Joaquín
Laguinge, Luis Alberto
Machelett, Margarita
Marchionni, Mariana
Pedrazzi, Julián Pierino
Pinto, María Florencia
author_facet Abbate, Nicolás
Berniell, María Inés
Coleff, Joaquín
Laguinge, Luis Alberto
Machelett, Margarita
Marchionni, Mariana
Pedrazzi, Julián Pierino
Pinto, María Florencia
author_sort Abbate, Nicolás
title Discrimination against gay and transgender people in Latin America: a correspondence study in the rental housing market
title_short Discrimination against gay and transgender people in Latin America: a correspondence study in the rental housing market
title_full Discrimination against gay and transgender people in Latin America: a correspondence study in the rental housing market
title_fullStr Discrimination against gay and transgender people in Latin America: a correspondence study in the rental housing market
title_full_unstemmed Discrimination against gay and transgender people in Latin America: a correspondence study in the rental housing market
title_sort discrimination against gay and transgender people in latin america: a correspondence study in the rental housing market
publishDate 2022
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/145394
https://www.cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/wp/wp-content/uploads/doc_cedlas306.pdf?dl=0
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