The paper presents the economic literature on gender bias, illustrating the underpinnings in the psychology of bias and … on methods to contrast bias presenting evidence (where it exists) of their effectiveness. The second part of the paper … presents results of an experiment in revealing unconscious bias. …

understand bias and discrimination as mechanisms and potential points of intervention. …Most definitions of algorithmic bias and fairness encode decisionmaker interests, such as profits, rather than the … interests of disadvantaged groups (e.g., racial minorities): Bias is defined as a deviation from profit maximization. Future …

Predictive AI is increasingly used to guide decisions on agents. I show that even a bias-neutral predictive AI can … potentially amplify exogenous (human) bias in settings where the predictive AI represents a cost-adjusted precision gain to … increase in aggregate discrimination is possible if this effect dominates. Not accounting for this mechanism may result in AI …

How pervasive is labor market discrimination against immigrants and what options do policymakers and migrants have to … reduce it? To answer these questions, we conducted a field experiment on employer discrimination in Sweden. Going beyond … efforts to reduce discrimination must address employer prejudice. …

Becker's model (1957) explains how the distribution of prejudice among the majority leads to discrimination of the … minorities. On the other hand, a more recent line of research suggests that the role of taste is marginal, discrimination being a … the French labor market to explore the causal effect of prejudice in discrimination. We use geographical and time …

The effect of discrimination on black-white racial segregation is studied using a confidential supplement of the Panel … Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Audit studies reveal that the rate of discrimination in rental housing is substantially … higher than in owner-occupied housing. Thus, a variable indicating home ownership is used to proxy for the discrimination …

females and males are identical in all respects. Specifically, we argue that a pay gap can emerge naturally as discrimination … change in elasticity emerges it in fact makes discrimination optimal and allows discrimination to materialize in equilibrium …. Moreover, we show that discrimination against females is detrimental to the overall welfare and in addition it negatively …

' ease in finding information affect race and gender discrimination in car retailing. Using a large dataset of transaction … statistical race discrimination. The second part of the paper turns to the role of the Internet. Online minority buyers who use … control for selection. The combination of our results suggests that price discrimination in car buying has a "disparate impact …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are changing workplaces. AI systems have the potential to improve workplaces, but … ensuring trustworthy use of AI in the workplace means addressing the ethical risks it can raise. This paper reviews possible … and security; and accountability. The paper also reviews ongoing policy action to promote trustworthy use of AI in the …

' ease in finding information affect race and gender discrimination in car retailing. Using a large dataset of transaction … statistical race discrimination. The second part of the paper turns to the role of the Internet. Online minority buyers who use … control for selection. The combination of our results suggests that price discrimination in car buying has a "disparate impact …