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AI, skill, and productivity : the case of taxi drivers
Kanazawa, Kyogo; Kawaguchi, Daiji; Shigeoka, Hitoshi; … - 2022
We examine the impact of Articial Intelligence (AI) on productivity in the context of taxi drivers. The AI we study assists drivers with finding customers by suggesting routes along which the demand is predicted to be high. We find that AI improves drivers' productivity by shortening the...
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The behavioral, economic, and political impact of the internet and social media : empirical challenges and approaches
Sabatini, Fabio - 2023
This paper presents a review of empirical methods used to assess the behavioral, economic, and political outcomes of Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts of the Internet, we examine the methods adopted to identify these impacts. We describe two main...
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On the validity of using webpage texts to identify the target population of a survey : an application to detect online platforms
Daas, Piet J. H.; Hassink, Wolter H. J.; Klijs, Bart - 2023
A statistical classification model was developed to identify online platform organizations based on the texts on their website. The model was subsequently used to identify all (potential) platform organizations with a website included in the Dutch Business Register. The empirical outcomes of the...
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Measuring employment readiness for hard-to-place individuals
Tranberg Bodilsen, Simon; Nielsen, Søren Albeck; … - 2023
In an era characterized by population aging and economic challenges in welfare states across the world, sustaining these welfare systems requires a large workforce. Many individuals outside the labor market aspire to work but encounter a labyrinth of obstacles. While Public Employment Services...
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Using machine learning and qualitative interviews to design a five-question women's agency index
Jayachandran, Seema; Biradavolu, Monica R.; Cooper, Jan - 2021
We propose a new method to design a short survey measure of a complex concept such as women's agency. The approach … measure agency for 209 women in Haryana, India, first, through a semi-structured interview and, second, through a large set of …
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Obstacles to labour market participation among Arab women in Israel
Miaari, Sami H.; Khattab, Nabil; Sabbah-Karkabi, Maha - 2020
This study investigates the factors that underlay the low labour force participation rate among Palestinian-Arab women … in Israel relative to Jewish women despite the high educational attainment among this group. We focus on four factors … retirement of Arab women from the labour market. We find that all four of these factors affect the probability of Palestinian …
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Women's political participation and intrahousehold empowerment : evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring
Bargain, Olivier; Boutin, Delphine; Champeaux, Hugues - 2018
Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women … women's participation over 2011-13. We exploit the geographical heterogeneity along these two margins to conduct a double … difference analysis using data surrounding the period. We find a significant improvement in women's final say regarding decisions …
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Female headship and poverty in the Arab region : analysis of trends and dynamics based on a new typology
AlAzzawi, Shireen; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Hlásny, Vladimír; … - 2023
Various challenges are thought to render female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to poverty in the Arab region. Yet, previous studies have mixed results and despite the availability of cross-sectional data, the absence of household panel survey data hinders analysis of poverty dynamics. We...
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Gendered language in academic evaluations : evidence from the Italian university system
Casamonti, Matilde; Zinovyeva, Natalia - 2024
We analyze the impact of evaluator and candidate gender on the language used in academic evaluations using data on 295 … observe that the language used in evaluation reports varies significantly with applicants' productivity and professional ties … to evaluators, but we find no indication that the language of the assessments depends on the gender of either the …
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Staff engagement, job complementarity and labour supply : evidence from the English NHS hospital workforce
Moscelli, Giuseppe; Sayli, Melisa; Mello, Marco - 2022
We investigate the relationship among staff engagement, job complementarities and labour supply in the hospital sector, where excessive turnover of the clinical staff (doctors and nurses) can be detrimental for quality of care. We exploit a unique and rich panel dataset constructed by combining...
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