4 papers
Gerrymandering and geographic polarization have reduced electoral competition
Ethan Jasny, Christopher T. Kenny, Cory McCartan +8
Changes in political geography and electoral district boundaries shape representation in the United States Congress. To disentangle the effects of geography and gerrymandering, we…
Redistricting Reforms Reduce Gerrymandering by Constraining Partisan Actors
Cory McCartan, Christopher T. Kenny, Tyler Simko +3
Political actors often manipulate redistricting plans to gain electoral advantages, a process known as gerrymandering. Several states have implemented institutional reforms to addr…
Evaluating Bias and Noise Induced by the U.S. Census Bureau's Privacy Protection Methods
Christopher T. Kenny, Cory McCartan, Shiro Kuriwaki +2
The United States Census Bureau faces a difficult trade-off between the accuracy of Census statistics and the protection of individual information. We conduct the first independent…
Making Differential Privacy Work for Census Data Users
Cory McCartan, Tyler Simko, Kosuke Imai
The U.S. Census Bureau collects and publishes detailed demographic data about Americans which are heavily used by researchers and policymakers. The Bureau has recently adopted the…