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dc.titleNudging the Agents: Does it Reduce Discrimination Against Migrants in the House Rental Market?
dc.contributor.authorZanoni, Wladimir
dc.contributor.authorDíaz, Lina M.
dc.contributor.authorDíaz, Emily
dc.contributor.authorParedes, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorAcevedo, Paloma
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Office in Ecuador
dc.contributor.orgunitHousing and Urban Development Division
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2023-10-26T00:10:00
dc.date.issue2023-10-26T00:10:00
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the impact of a behavioral intervention on reducing discrimination against Venezuelan migrants in the screening of home rental applications conducted by Ecuadorian real estate agents (REAs). Given that Venezuelan migrants represent the second-largest migratory group globally, with over seven million individuals seeking refuge primarily in other Latin American countries, understanding and addressing discrimination against them is of significant importance. Our artifactual field experiment involved providing information to REAs that highlighted the extra efforts Venezuelan migrants must make to achieve the same goals as nonmigrants in host countries. The results demonstrated a meaningful increase of 33.67% in the preference for Venezuelan migrants over native applicants, with this effect mainly driven by changes in male REAs discriminatory behaviors. The findings suggest that challenging the information value of Venezuelan migrant stereotypes, which often underlie assumptions about their qualities, can effectively diminish discrimination during the rental application process. This research contributes valuable insights to the ongoing efforts to identify effective means to deal with discrimination against migrants.
dc.format.extent50
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005242
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Nudging-the-Agents-Does-it-Reduce-Discrimination-Against-Migrants-in-the-House-Rental-Market.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectReal Estate Development
dc.subjectNudge
dc.subjectHousing Market
dc.subjectRacial Discrimination
dc.subjectHuman Migration
dc.subjectHousing
dc.subjectMigrant
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subjectRental Housing
dc.subjectRating
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectGender
dc.subject.jelcodeF22 - International Migration
dc.subject.jelcodeJ15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeR31 - Housing Supply and Markets
dc.subject.keywordsfield experiments;behavioral interventions;Nudges;Migration;prejudice
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01517
idb.operationRG-E1862
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