Seeking for tipping point in the housing market: evidence from a field experiment
1 : Travail, Emploi et Politiques Publiques
(TEPP)
Université Paris-Est
2 : ERUDITE
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 : EA437
3 : Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12
Université Paris Est Créteil, ERUDITE
61 avenue du Général de Gaulle - 94010 Créteil cedex -
France
4 : Equipe de recherche sur l'utilisation des données individuelles temporelles en économie
(ERUDITE)
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEMLV)
5 : Université Paris-Est
(UPEM ERUDITE et TEPP)
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEMLV) : EA437
UPEM-5 boulevard Descartes-Champs sur Marne-77454 Marne la Vallée cedex -
France
6 : Laboratoire de Recherches Juridique et Economique
(LARJE)
* : Corresponding author
Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie -
New Caledonia
This study econometrically asses the presence of a tipping point on ethnic discrimination in the rental housing market. We measure discrimination and access to housing in New Caledonia by a large field experiment. Between 2015 and 2017, we sent six applications in response to 741 real-estate rental ads, for a total of 3,616 responses. Applicants have European, Kanak (the indigenous people) and Wallisian name and various signal of stability. Using data from the local census, we link the location of the offer and the neighbourhood composition. Probit random intercept regressions show that ethnic discrimination is stronger in neighbourhoods that are around the tipping point in ethnic composition.