Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33711 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2389
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We use the exogenous assignment of Army personnel to duty locations to analyze the relationship between the characteristics of local markets and the propensity for consumers to be subjected to racial discrimination in their everyday commercial transactions. Overall, one in ten soldiers report that they or their families have experienced racial discrimination in finding non-government housing or in patronizing businesses in their local communities. Discrimination is related to a community's demographic profile with white and Asian soldiers feeling more unwelcome in local businesses as the local population becomes more heavily weighted towards other groups. Moreover, there is evidence that increased economic vulnerability in the community results in more housing discrimination amongst minorities. While the evidence that increased competition reduces consumer market discrimination is mixed, it is clear that discrimination is related to the nature of a soldier's interaction with the local community.
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