3 papers
econ.EM2026
Recidivism and Peer Influence with LLM Text Embeddings in Low Security Correctional Facilities
Shanjukta Nath, Jiwon Hong, Jae Ho Chang +2
Studying peer effects in language is critical because they often reflect behavioral and personality traits that are important determinants of economic outcomes. However, language i…
stat.ME2024
Spatial autoregressive model with measurement error in covariates
Subhadeep Paul, Shanjukta Nath
The Spatial AutoRegressive model (SAR) is commonly used in studies involving spatial and network data to estimate the spatial or network peer influence and the effects of covariate…
stat.ME2024
Identifying Peer Influence in Therapeutic Communities Adjusting for Latent Homophily
Shanjukta Nath, Keith Warren, Subhadeep Paul
We investigate peer role model influence on successful graduation from Therapeutic Communities (TCs) for substance abuse and criminal behavior. We use data from 3 TCs that kept rec…