Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Edelman, Benjamin; Luca, Michael; Svirsky, Dan

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2701902

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“…Workers in the gig economy are especially vulnerable as the supply of workers often outstrips demand, leading to lowered wages . The possibility for more discrimination increases as hiring decisions are made by individuals as opposed to corporate entities with (presumably) more oversight and regulation (Edelman et al 2016). Alamgir & Cairns (2015) find that longterm temporary work perpetuates discrimination and exacerbates economic inequality among Bangladeshi mill workers.…”

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Alternative Work Arrangements: Two Images of the New World of Work

Spreitzer

Cameron

Garrett

2017

Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav.

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Alternative work arrangements continue to increase in number and variety. We review the literature on alternative work arrangements published since the most recent major review of nonstandard work by Ashford et al. (2007). We look across the research findings to identify three dimensions of flexibility that undergird alternative work arrangements: (a) flexibility in the employment relationship, (b) flexibility in the scheduling of work, and (c) flexibility in where work is accomplished. We identify two images of the new world of work-one for high-skill workers who choose alternative work arrangements and the other for low-skill workers who struggle to make a living and are beholden to the needs of the organization. We close with future directions for research and practice for tending to the first image and moving away from the second image of the new world of work.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Alternative Work Arrangements: Two Images of the New World of Work

Spreitzer

Cameron

Garrett

2017

Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav.

507

453

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“…For example, Bertrand and Mullainathan (2004) responded to 1300 employment ads with more than 5000 resumes, some with Black sounding names and others with white, and found that resumes with white names receive 50% more callbacks for interviews. More recently, Edelman, Luca, and Svirsky (2015) found that in the sharing economy, guests with Black sounding names on the website Airbnb were approximately 16% less likely to be accepted than identical guests with white names. Huber (2011) shared the experiences of a Latina participant, who was forced to go to speech classes to correct her accent, Despite her fluency in English several years later, she was removed from the mainstream classroom to participate in "speech therapy" where she was taught the "proper" pronunciation of English words.…”

Section: Color-evasiveness: Expanding a Color-blind Racial Ideologymentioning

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Conceptualizing color-evasiveness: using dis/ability critical race theory to expand a color-blind racial ideology in education and society

Annamma

Jackson

Morrison

2016

Race Ethnicity and Education

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“…Another recent paper, also by Edelman et al (2015) once again looked at the the Airbnb market for potential racial discrimination but this time focusing on the supply side. In contrast to their earlier study where they looked at discrimination aimed at Airbnb hosts, manifested in a lower listing price, presumably due to lack of demand at a price equivalent to non-minority listings -here they examined the rates of Airbnb host acceptance of a request from Black and White potential guests.…”

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The Visible Host: Does race guide Airbnb rental rates in San Francisco?

Kakar

Voelz

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Journal of Housing Economics

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The surge in Peer to Peer e-commerce has increasingly been characterized by changing the online marketplace to a more personalized environment for the buyer and seller. This personalization involves revealing information on buyer reviews, pictures and biographical information on the sellers to reduce the perceived "purchase risk" or to facilitate trust with the buyers. However, this personalization has generated possibilities for discrimination in the online marketplace. In this paper, we examine the effect of host information available online (race, gender and sexual orientation etc.) on price listings on Airbnb.com in San Francisco. We find that Hispanic hosts and Asian hosts, on average, have a 9.6% and 9.3% lower list price relative to their White counterparts, after controlling for neighborhood property values, user reviews and rental unit characteristics. We don't find any significant impact of gender and sexual orientation on price listings. Overall, our findings corroborate the presence of racial discrimination in the online marketplace.

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Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Abstract: In an experiment on Airbnb, we

Cited by 56 publications

References 19 publications

Alternative Work Arrangements: Two Images of the New World of Work

Alternative Work Arrangements: Two Images of the New World of Work

Conceptualizing color-evasiveness: using dis/ability critical race theory to expand a color-blind racial ideology in education and society

The Visible Host: Does race guide Airbnb rental rates in San Francisco?

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