Algorithmic bias? An empirical study of apparent gender-based discrimination in the display of stem career ads

We explore data from a field test of how an algorithm delivered ads promoting job opportunities in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. This ad was explicitly intended to be gender neutral in its delivery. Empirically, however, fewer women saw the ad than men. This happened because...

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Main Authors: Lambrecht, A. (Author), Tucker, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: INFORMS Inst.for Operations Res.and the Management Sciences 2019
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