Economic Measurement Lost in a Random Forest? A Case Study of Employment Data.

Big data and machine learning (ML) offer transformative potential for economic measurement. This study evaluates the use of alternative employment data from a payroll processor to improve on timely measures of regional employment estimates, comparing ML methods--Lasso regression and Random Forest (R...

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Publicado en:	AEA Papers & Proceedings Vol. 115; pp. 68 - 73
Autores principales:	Dunn, Abe, English, Eric, Hood, Kyle, Mason, Lowell, Quistorff, Brian
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Economic Association May2025
Materias:	Machine learning Random forest algorithms Big data Sampling errors Economic statistics Employment statistics Model validation
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