John M. Yinger

Why Housing Agents Discriminate:
The Measurement, Causes, and Consequences
of Housing Discrimination

an e-book
by John Yinger

with contributions by:
 Seok Joon Choi
Jan Ondrich
Stephen Ross
Alex Stricker
Bo Zhao

Version 1.0:  March 2005

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Table of Contents

Part 1.  Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1.1	Introduction
Chapter 1.2.J	“Measuring Racial Discrimination with Fair Housing Audits: Caught in the Act.”  American Economic Review, Vol. 76, December 1986, pp. 881-893
Chapter 1.3.J	“Evidence on Discrimination in Consumer Markets.”  Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 1998, pp. 23-40.
Part 2.  Measuring Discrimination
Chapter 2.1.S	Jan Ondrich, Stephen Ross, and John Yinger, “How Common is Housing Discrimination?  Improving on Traditional Measures.” Journal of Urban Economics, May 2000, pp. 470-500.
Part 3.  The Causes of Discrimination by Landlords
Chapter 3.1.S	Jan Ondrich, Alex Stricker, and John Yinger, “Do Landlords Discriminate?  The Incidence and Causes of Racial Discrimination in Rental Housing Markets.” Journal of Housing Economics, September 1999, pp. 185-204.
Chapter 3.2.S	Seok Joon Choi, Jan Ondrich, and John Yinger, “Do Rental Agents Discriminate Against Minority Customers?  Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study.” Journal of Housing Economics, Forthcoming.
Part 4.  The Causes of Discrimination by Real Estate Brokers
Chapter 4.1.S	Jan Ondrich, Stephen Ross, and John Yinger, “Geography of Housing Discrimination.”  Journal of Housing Research, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2001, pp. 217-238.
Chapter 4.2.	Jan Ondrich, Stephen Ross, and John Yinger, “Now You See It, Now You Don't:  Why Do Real Estate Agents Withhold Houses from Black Customers?.”  Review of Economics and Statistics, November 2003, pp. 854-873.
Chapter 4.3.	Bo Zhao, Jan Ondrich, and John Yinger, “Why Do Real Estate Brokers Continue to Discriminate?  Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study.”  Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 67, March 2005.
Part 5.  The Consequences of Discrimination
Chapter 5.1.S	“Cash in Your Face: The Cost of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Housing.”  Journal of Urban Economics, November 1997, pp. 339-365.
Part 6.  Fair Housing Policy
Chapter 6.1.	“Opening Doors:  How to Cut Discrimination by Supporting Neighborhood Integration.”  Center for Policy Research Policy Brief 3/1995, February 1995, Syracuse University.
Chapter 6.2.	“Housing Discrimination is Still Worth Worrying About.”  Housing Policy Debate, Vol. 9 (4), 1998, pp. 893-927.
Chapter 6.3.	“Sustaining the Fair Housing Act.”  Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, Vol. 4 (3), 1999, pp. 93-106.
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