Barriers for Migrants in the Rental Market in St. Petersburg

Student: Skuchilina Svetlana

Supervisor: Vlada V. Baranova

Faculty: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

Educational Programme: Modern Social Analysis (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2018

This paper aims to identify what affects the use of discriminatory practices, or word-barriers, for migrants in ads on the rental housing market in St. Petersburg. To study the phenomenon of discrimination in the rental housing market the general classifieds site Avito.ru is chosen. The empirical base contains13,039 ads for renting apartments, 5,996 ads for renting rooms, 460 ads for renting out apartments and rooms. According to a study, the impact the use of discriminatory practices on the square meter, the distance from the metro, the type of housing and the requirements for the tenants is analysed using multiple logistic regression analysis. This work demonstrates the existing discrimination in the housing market in St. Petersburg and offers a methodology for monitoring the discrimination of migrants in the rental market in other regions.

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