Bayesian models for accurately estimating conditional distributions by race, using Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (BISG) probability estimates of individual race. Implements the methods described in McCartan, Fisher, Goldin, Ho and Imai (2025) tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1080/01621459.2025.2526695").
Maintainer: Cory McCartan mccartan@psu.edu
Other contributors:
Kosuke Imai imai@harvard.edu [contributor]
Daniel Ho dho@law.stanford.edu [contributor]
Jacob Goldin jsgoldin@uchicago.edu [contributor]
Robin Fisher robin.fisher@treasury.gov [contributor]
The Stan Development Team (include/rstan) [copyright holder]
McCartan, C., Fisher, R., Goldin, J., Ho, D.E., & Imai, K. (2025). Estimating Racial Disparities when Race is Not Observed. Journal of the American Statistical Association. Available at tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1080/01621459.2025.2526695").
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