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This research aims to measure ethnic discrimination faced by Roma home-seekers and evaluate strategies to reduce such discrimination.

April 4, 2026European SocietiesOpen Access

Ethnic discrimination in the Hungarian rental housing market

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LVLuca VáradiCentral European University LMLiora MorhayimAmherst College GSGábor SimonovitsEötvös Loránd University

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Field experiments reveal dramatic ethnic discrimination against Roma home-seekers in Hungary, suggesting limited effectiveness of informational interventions.

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This research aims to measure ethnic discrimination faced by Roma home-seekers and evaluate strategies to reduce such discrimination.
Conducted two field experiments examining landlord responses to applicants mentioning their Roma ethnicity.
In Study 1, analyzed landlord inquiries from 1070 applicants with and without Roma ethnic identification.
In Study 2, involved 440 inquiries that included job status to test its effect on discrimination.
Roma individuals needed to contact an average of nine landlords for a property viewing compared to two for non-Roma.
The level of discrimination persisted despite highlighting applicants' job status.
Findings indicate deep-rooted biases in the rental market that are resistant to counter-stereotypical information.

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Váradi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d0afb4659487ece0fa5b36 https://doi.org/10.1162/euso.a.107

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Field experiments reveal dramatic ethnic discrimination against Roma home-seekers in Hungary, suggesting limited effectiveness of informational interventions.

Ethnic discrimination in the Hungarian rental housing market

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Ethnic discrimination in the Hungarian rental housing market

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