with Tatiana Homonoff, Lee-Sien Kao and Christina Seybolt

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol 41(1), 2022.

with Bárbara Flores

with Catherine Balfe, Patrick Button, David Schwegman and Tran Nguyen-Phuong

This research uses an email correspondence experiment to test if mortgage loan originators discriminate against married spouses based on their sexual orientation and race (African American vs. white). We send emails requesting information about home loans to licensed mortgage loan originators (MLOs) in the United States. The emails come from fictitious married couples who are either same-gender female, same-gender male or different-gender, and either both have white-sounding names, or both have African American names. We test for differential treatment by MLOs by comparing response quality and response rates. We will then test for statistical discrimination and other explanatory factors by determining how discrimination varies by factors such as credit scores, local demographics and social attitudes, discrimination laws, and MLO characteristics.

with Pablo Celhay

This research project develops the online platform “Aprendo y Arriendo” to generate experimental evidence on the demand and supply barriers in the Chilean rental voucher program. This research contributes to understand why rental vouchers fail to live up to their promises and how policy interventions aimed at both tenants and landlords can help to improve both lease-up and neighborhood access.

with Bárbara Flores and Felipe Link

This project studies the effects of spacial social interaction of applicants and landlords of the Chilean rental subsidy on their participation decision. We are interested in social interaction within and between voucher recipients and landlords. This project received funding from the Center of Conflict and Social Cohesion.