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Volatility spillover between oil prices and main exchange rates : evidence from a DCC-GARCH-connectedness approach

Ben Salem, Leila; Zayati, Montassar; Nouira, Ridha; … - 2024

contagion spillover volatility by focusing on a sample of major oil-exporting and oil-importing countries using daily data from …; during COVID-19; and during the Russian-Ukrainian war. Our results confirm the persistence of volatility for the series … volatility transmission between oil prices and exchange-rate markets. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian …

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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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Artificial intelligence and reduced SMEs' business risks : a dynamic capabilities analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic

Drydakis, Nick - 2022

, England. AI applications to target consumers online, offer cash flow forecasting and facilitate HR activities are associated …

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Artificial intelligence against COVID-19 : an early review

Naudé, Wim - 2020

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially powerful tool in the fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there has been a scramble to use AI. This article provides an early, and necessarily selective review, discussing the contribution of AI to the fight...

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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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How do workers adjust when firms adopt new technologies?

Genz, Sabrina; Gregory, Terry; Janser, Markus; Lehmer, … - 2021

We investigate how workers adjust to firms' investments into new digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, augmented reality, or 3D printing. For this, we collected novel data that links survey information on firms' technology adoption to administrative social security data. We...

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Occupational classifications : a machine learning approach

Ikudo, Akina; Lane, Julia; Staudt, Joseph; Weinberg, … - 2018

Characterizing the work that people do on their jobs is a longstanding and core issue in labor economics. Traditionally, classification has been done manually. If it were possible to combine new computational tools and administrative wage records to generate an automated crosswalk between job...

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A hands-on machine learning primer for social scientists : math, algorithms and code

Askitas, Nikos - 2024

This paper addresses the steep learning curve in Machine Learning faced by noncomputer scientists, particularly social scientists, stemming from the absence of a primer on its fundamental principles. I adopt a pedagogical strategy inspired by the adage "once you understand OLS, you can work your...

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Double machine learning based program evaluation under unconfoundedness

Knaus, Michael C. - 2020

This paper consolidates recent methodological developments based on Double Machine Learning (DML) with a focus on program evaluation under unconfoundedness. DML based methods leverage flexible prediction methods to control for confounding in the estimation of (i) standard average effects, (ii)...

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Effect or treatment heterogeneity? : policy evaluation with aggregated and disaggregated treatments

Heiler, Phillip; Knaus, Michael C. - 2022

Binary treatments are often ex-post aggregates of multiple treatments or can be disaggregated into multiple treatment versions. Thus, effects can be heterogeneous due to either effect or treatment heterogeneity. We propose a decomposition method that uncovers masked heterogeneity, avoids...

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