@article{fairnessmaybackfirewhenlevelingdownoccur,
  title = {Fairness May Backfire: When Leveling-Down Occurs in Fair Machine Learning},
  author = {Yi Yang and Xiangyu Chang and Pei-yu Chen},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2603.06901},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.06901},
}