A study by UPF reveals discrimination on grounds of ethnic background in Spain’s leading online second-hand marketplace, especially when buying
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esearch conducted by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) finds that discrimination exists based on ethnic background in Spain’s leading online second-hand marketplace, especially when it comes to buying, towards people with Arab and Chinese names, who should offer up to 3% more to be treated the same as people with Spanish names. The study, by Jorge Rodríguez Menés, Clara Cortina and Maria José González, researchers with the Sociodemography Research Group (DemoSoc) of the UPF Department of Political and Social Sciences, aims to analyse the prevalence of discrimination against ethnic minorities in the main online second-hand market in Spain, using an experimental approach.
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