Predicting Re-Employment: Machine Learning Versus Assessments by Unemployed Workers and by Their Caseworkers
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- Gerard J. van den Berg & Max Kunaschk & Julia Lang & Gesine Stephan & Arne Uhlendorf, 2023. "Predicting Re-Employment: Machine Learning Versus Assessments by Unemployed Workers and by Their Caseworkers," Working Papers 2023-09, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics.
- van den Berg, Gerard J. & Kunaschk, Max & Lang, Julia & Stephan, Gesine & Uhlendorff, Arne, 2023. "Predicting Re-Employment: Machine Learning versus Assessments by Unemployed Workers and by Their Caseworkers," IZA Discussion Papers 16426, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- J. van den Berg, Gerard & Kunaschk, Max & Lang, Julia & Stephan, Gesine & Uhlendorff, Arne, 2023. "Predicting re-employment: machine learning versus assessments by unemployed workers and by their caseworkers," Working Paper Series 2023:22, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
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Bundesrepublik Deutschland ; IAB-Open-Access-Publikation ; berufliche Reintegration ; Fremdbild ; Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien ; Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit ; Profiling ; Prognosegenauigkeit ; Risikoabschätzung ; Selbsteinschätzung ; Arbeitsberater ; Machine learning ; Arbeitslose ; Arbeitslosenversicherung ; Arbeitslosigkeitsdauer ; Arbeitsmarktchancen ; 2012-2013;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- C41 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Duration Analysis; Optimal Timing Strategies
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
- C55 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Large Data Sets: Modeling and Analysis
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