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Balfe, Catherine; Button, Patrick; Penn, Mary; Schwegman, David J. – Field Methods, 2023
Audit correspondence studies are field experiments that test for discriminatory behavior in active markets. Researchers measure discrimination by comparing how responsive individuals ("audited units") are to correspondences from different types of people. This article elaborates on the tradeoffs researchers face between sending audited…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Experiments, Audits (Verification), Researchers