We document a sharp rise in gunshots coupled with declining 911 call volume across thirteen major US cities in the aftermath of the murder…
In this paper, we consider the statistical foundations for empirical tests of disparate impact. We begin by considering a recent, popular…
Many low-income households in the US miss out on social safety net benefits because of the information, compliance, and psychological costs…
September 2023, Paper: "This article reviews the growing economics literature that studies the politico-economic impacts of heterogeneity…
In almost every state, courts can jail those who fail to pay fines, fees, and other court debts—even those resulting from traffic or other…
In studies of discrimination, one popular strategy is to estimate disparities after adjusting for observed covariates, typically with a…
How has slavery shaped the politics of the United States over the last century and a half since emancipation? Our book, Deep Roots (Acharya…
The field of fair machine learning aims to ensure that decisions guided by algorithms are equitable. Over the last decade, several formal,…
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Wub-e-ke-niew’s enormously unsettling book We Have the Right to Exist presents a version of indigenous philosophical thought as an…
2023, Book: "The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the right to abortion and is revisiting other fundamental questions today—…