Racial rent differences in U.S. housing markets: Evidence from the housing voucher program
利用住房券计划数据，研究发现黑人家庭在相同社区租住相同住房时比白人支付更高租金，且租金差距随社区白人比例增加而扩大，从0.6%升至2.4%。
Abstract This paper exploits an unusually rich data set to estimate racial differences in the rents paid for identical housing in the same neighborhood in U.S. housing markets and to show how they vary with neighborhood racial composition. Results suggest that black households pay more for identical housing in identical neighborhoods than their white counterparts and that this rent gap increases with the fraction of the neighborhood white. In neighborhoods with the smallest fraction white, the premium is about 0.6%. In neighborhoods with the largest fraction white, it is about 2.4%. This pattern holds across different types of areas.