Do immigrants equally benefit from rent control?
研究纽约市2002-2017年数据发现，移民租户更可能住在租金稳定单元，但获得的月租金折扣比非移民少151美元，差距显著且主要由空间分布、租期、政策认知和房产特征导致。
Abstract This study examines how immigrants, often concentrated in urban areas with higher rent burdens, benefit from rent control. We focus on New York City's rent stabilization policy, using data from 2002 to 2017. We find that immigrant tenants are more likely to live in rent‐stabilized units than nonimmigrant tenants. However, conditional on living in rent‐stabilized units, immigrants receive $151 less monthly rent discounts than their nonimmigrant counterparts. This notable immigrant–native gap is economically and statistically significant and robust to various checks. Factors like spatial sorting, tenancy duration, policy awareness, and property characteristics primarily contribute to this disparity.