作者：Wissmann, Daniel
作者单位：University of Munich
摘要：Using the staggered introduction of smoking bans in the German hospitality industry over 2007-2008, I find a robust 2.4 percent decline in the daily earnings of workers in bars and restaurants associated with the most comprehensive smoking ban. This effect is unlikely to be driven by a decline in hospitality revenues or hours worked but is consistent with a simple model of compensating differentials.
作者：Laouenan, Morgane; Rathelot, Roland
作者单位：Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); University of Warwick; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
摘要：We use data from Airbnb to identify the mechanisms underlying discrimination against ethnic minority hosts. Within the same neighborhood, hosts from minority groups charge 3.2 percent less for comparable listings. Since ratings provide guests with increasingly rich information about a listing's quality, we can measure the contribution of statistical discrimination, building upon Altonji and Pierret (2001). We find that statistical discrimination can account for the whole ethnic price gap: ethn...
