3 papers
stat.ME2026
Sequential Sensitivity Analysis for Multiple Assumptions: A Framework for Understanding Racial Disparity in Police Use of Force
Thomas Leavitt, Jake Bowers, Luke Miratrix
Inferring racial discrimination in police use of force -- the average causal effect of civilian race on use of force -- requires two assumptions about policing prior to potential u…
stat.ME2025
Variance estimation after matching or re-weighting
Xiang Meng, Aaron Smith, Luke Miratrix
This paper develops a variance estimation framework for matching estimators that enables valid population inference for treatment effects. We provide theoretical analysis of a vari…
stat.ME2024
Caliper Synthetic Matching: Generalized Radius Matching with Local Synthetic Controls
Jonathan Che, Xiang Meng, Luke Miratrix
Matching promises transparent causal inferences for observational data, making it an intuitive approach for many applications. In practice, however, standard matching methods often…