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"Quantifying racial disparities using multiple employment spells" - Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University
April 3, 1:20 pm2:35 pm

Isaac Sorkin is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Stanford. 

Abstract 

This paper develops a framework to quantify the size of racial disparities in earnings and employment that are not plausibly due to differences in productivity. The framework uses implications of employer optimization to match Black and white…

Jordan Richmond, Princeton University
April 6, 12:00 pm1:00 pm
Aurelie Ouss, University of Pennsylvania
April 10, 1:20 pm2:35 pm

Aurelie Ouss is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. Aurelie's research examines how good design of criminal justice institutions and policies can make law enforcement fairer and more efficient.