2 papers
cs.LG2019
Bias In, Bias Out? Evaluating the Folk Wisdom
Ashesh Rambachan, Jonathan Roth
We evaluate the folk wisdom that algorithmic decision rules trained on data produced by biased human decision-makers necessarily reflect this bias. We consider a setting where trai…
econ.EM2018
Should We Adjust for the Test for Pre-trends in Difference-in-Difference Designs?
Jonathan Roth
The common practice in difference-in-difference (DiD) designs is to check for parallel trends prior to treatment assignment, yet typical estimation and inference does not account f…