In the past few years, the model of P2P was introduced to the area of short-time house rental. Online marketplaces often contain information about products and the people who sell the products. In this paper, we test for gender discrimination against landlords in the online rental marketplace Xiaozhu.com. According to our research, landladies charge approximately 10.47% more than landlords for the equivalent rental. These effects are robust when all information visible in the Xiaozhu marketplace is controlled. These findings highlight the popularity of discrimination in online marketplaces, suggesting an unintended consequence of a seemingly-routine mechanism for building trust.
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