4 papers
Effort Matters in Score-Based Admissions: How Retaking and Aggregation Shape Test Scores
Christine Ling, Diptangshu Sen, Juba Ziani
Observed standardized test scores are the result of an endogenous process: students strategically allocate effort across multiple retake attempts to improve their outcomes. Because…
The Impact of Competition on Outcomes of Score-Based College Admissions
George Bentley, Diptangshu Sen, Juba Ziani
We study how the design of admissions policies affects the ability of students admitted to universities. In our model, applicants have a multi-dimensional ability, which is a combi…
Incentivizing Desirable Effort Profiles in Strategic Classification: The Role of Causality and Uncertainty
Valia Efthymiou, Chara Podimata, Diptangshu Sen +1
We study strategic classification in binary decision-making settings where agents can modify their features in order to improve their classification outcomes. Importantly, our work…
When Should a Principal Delegate to an Agent in Selection Processes?
Benjamin Fish, Diptangshu Sen, Juba Ziani
Decision-makers in high-stakes selection processes often face a fundamental choice: whether to make decisions themselves or to delegate authority to another entity whose incentives…