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Public Finance: Measuring Racial Discrimination in Pretrial Bail Decisions |
| Date: Oct 21, 2019 at 4:00pm to 5:30pm | |
Large racial disparities exist in many settings, including criminal justice and healthcare delivery systems, but it is unclear whether these disparities reflect omitted variables or racial discrimination. Speakers Peter Hull, David Arnold, and Will Dobbie develop a quasi-experimental approach to measure and characterize discrimination in the context of pretrial bail decisions.
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