Using Artificial Intelligence to classify Jobseekers: The Accuracy-Equity Trade-off.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly popular in the public sector to improve the cost-efficiency of service delivery. One example is AI-based profiling models in public employment services (PES), which predict a jobseeker's probability of finding work and are used to segment jobseekers in gr...

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Published in:	Journal of Social Policy Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 367 - 386
Main Authors:	DESIERE, SAM, STRUYVEN, LUDO
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Apr2021
Subjects:	Belgium Prevention of employment discrimination Unemployment & psychology Immigrants Communicative competence Artificial intelligence Public sector Labor market Employment agencies Random forest algorithms Employee selection Employment portfolios Descriptive statistics Statistical models Probability theory
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