ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION: LESSONS FROM THE ISRAELI ONLINE MARKET FOR USED CARS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zussman, Asaf
• 署名单位: Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12059
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: F433-F468
• 关键词: statistical discrimination; racial-discrimination; field experiment

摘要

Using a combination of randomised field experiments, follow-up telephone surveys and other data collection efforts, this article studies the extent and the sources of ethnic discrimination in the Israeli online market for used cars. We find robust evidence of discrimination against Arab buyers and sellers which, the analysis suggests, is motivated by statistical' rather than taste' considerations. We additionally find that Arab sellers manipulate their ethnic identity in the market by leaving the name field in their advertisements blank.