Estimating the causal effect of a cash bonus on unemployment duration using Double Machine Learning with the Pennsylvania Bonus Experiment
Predicting municipal development in Bolivia using Random Forest regression on satellite image embeddings
We use new big data sources, the Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey, and machine learning methods to predict and map multidimensional poverty in Cambodia.
The paper incorporates some recent developments from the unsupervised machine learning literature to re-evaluate the cross-country convergence hypothesis in a context beyond GDP. The application of a distribution-based clustering algorithm suggests the formation of three local convergence clubs.