Will Dobbie

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

79 John F. Kennedy Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Information Asymmetries in Consumer Credit Markets: Evidence from Two Payday Lending Firms

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-05
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2012
Will Dobbie and Paige Marta Skiba
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Equal Protection Under Algorithms: A New Statistical and Legal Framework

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 11 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2019
Crystal Yang and Will Dobbie
Harvard Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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algorithms, discrimination, risk assessment, equal protection

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Getting Beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City

NBER Working Paper No. w17632
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2021
Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Are High Quality Schools Enough to Close the Achievement Gap? Evidence from a Social Experiment in Harlem

NBER Working Paper No. w15473
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 09 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2022
Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions

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Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-014, University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-33
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 09 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2020
David Arnold, Will Dobbie and Peter Hull
Princeton University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Chicago - Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
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Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions

NBER Working Paper No. w26999
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2022
David Arnold, Will Dobbie and Peter Hull
Princeton University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Chicago - Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
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Information Asymmetries in Consumer Credit Markets: Evidence from Payday Loans

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-05
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jul 2011
Paige Marta Skiba and Will Dobbie
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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payday loans, information asymmetries, adverse selection

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Measuring Racial Discrimination in Algorithms

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-184
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Dec 2020
David Arnold, Will Dobbie and Peter Hull
Princeton University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Chicago - Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
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Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record

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Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record

NBER Working Paper Series No. 29947
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2022
Zoe Cullen, Will Dobbie and Mitchell Hoffman
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record

NBER Working Paper No. w29947
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2022
Zoe Cullen, Will Dobbie and Mitchell Hoffman
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Debt Relief and Debtor Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Consumer Bankruptcy Protection

NBER Working Paper No. w20520
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 30 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2022
Will Dobbie and Jae Song
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and U.S. Social Security Administration
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The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Incarceration

HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-031
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 25 Nov 2019
Will Dobbie, Hans Gronqvist, Susan Niknami, Marten Palme, Marten Palme and Mikael Priks
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Stockholm University, Stockholm University, IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsStockholm University - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Department of Economics
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Targeted Debt Relief and the Origins of Financial Distress: Experimental Evidence from Distressed Credit Card Borrowers

HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-030
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 25 Nov 2019
Will Dobbie and Jae Song
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Government of the United States of America - Social Security Administration
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Measuring Bias in Consumer Lending

HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-029, NYU Stern School of Business
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 25 Nov 2019
Will Dobbie, Andres Liberman, Daniel Paravisini and Vikram Pathania
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Betterfly, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and University of Sussex - Department of Economics
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Discrimination, Consumer Credit

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Exam High Schools and Academic Achievement: Evidence from New York City

NBER Working Paper No. w17286
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2022
Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Impact of Youth Service on Future Outcomes: Evidence from Teach for America

NBER Working Paper No. w17402
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2022
Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Medium-Term Impacts of High-Achieving Charter Schools on Non-Test Score Outcomes

NBER Working Paper No. w19581
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 25 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2022
Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Consumer Bankruptcy and Financial Health

NBER Working Paper No. w21032
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 23 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2021
Will Dobbie, Paul S. Goldsmith-Pinkham and Crystal Yang
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Yale School of Management and Harvard Law School
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Measuring Racial Discrimination in Algorithms

NBER Working Paper No. w28222
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2022
David Arnold, Will Dobbie and Peter Hull
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Chicago - Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
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The Us Pretrial System: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Interests

NBER Working Paper No. w29332
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2022
Will Dobbie and Crystal Yang
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard Law School
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