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Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System
University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2021-112
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 22 Sep 2021
Last Revised: 30 Sep 2021
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Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System
NBER Working Paper No. w29267
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 20 Sep 2021
Last Revised: 21 Jun 2023
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Date Written: September 20, 2021
Abstract
Algorithms (in some form) are already widely used in the criminal justice system. We draw lessons from this experience for what is to come for the rest of society as machine learning diffuses. We find economists and other social scientists have a key role to play in shaping the impact of algorithms, in part through improving the tools used to build them.
JEL Classification: C01,C54,C55,D8,H0,K0
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Ludwig, Jens and Mullainathan, Sendhil, Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System (September 20, 2021). University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2021-112, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3927932 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3927932
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