Abstract

systems of the city is the housing market In the last few years a variety of studies have examined the imperfections in the housing market Significant research into the problem of racial discrimination in housing has evaluated whether blacks pay the same price for housing services as whites. The literature on this area (housing discrimination) is characterized by contradictory conclusions. This lack of consensus has led to the analysis presented below. Discrimination enters numerous areas of eco nomic life. Many markets besides housing are affected by racial discrimination; labor, transpor tation and economic services are others. To under stand the discrimination problem a clear definition of discrimination is necessary. Gary Becker uses money as a measuring unit in order to define discrimination. For discrimination to exist, a person

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