COEP Replication Package for "The Impact of Renter Protection Policies on Rental Housing Discrimination"

This is the replication file for the paper "The Impact of Renter Protection Policies on Rental Housing Discrimination." In the paper, we examine the impact of a
policy that reduces information about rental housing applicants on racial
discrimination. We submitted fictitious email inquiries to publicly advertised
rentals using names manipulated on perceived race and ethnicity before and
after a policy that restricted the use of background checks, eviction history,
income minimums, and credit history in rental housing applications in
Minneapolis. After the policy was implemented, discrimination against African
American and Somali American men increased. Triple difference analysis shows
that discrimination increased in Minneapolis relative to St. Paul after the
policy.