arXiv Machine Learning

Differing Roles of Leisure and Productivity in GDP - A Machine Learning based comparative analysis of Germany and USA

arXiv:2606. 01234v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The GDP of a country is modelled as the relative interaction between two agents - working hours, reflecting the social choice of a population, and Total Factor Productivity, reflecting the collective investment in productivity enhancers.

arXiv AI
Jul 22

Global Automation Atlas

arXiv:2605. 17086v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Automation can displace or complement labour, but this need not be constant across economies.

By Prashant Garg, Tommaso Crosta, Jasmin Baier
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 11

Crowd-Sourced Geographies of Income: Using Google Maps Points of Interest as High-Frequency Proxies for Sub-Municipal Income Estimation in Sao Paulo, Brazil

arXiv:2608. 07871v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate, up-to-date income data at the sub-municipal scale is essential for social policy in middle-income countries, yet in Brazil it depends on a costly decennial census whose intercensal gap recently exceeded a decade.

By Adrienne C. Kinney, Anya Workman, Ademar Takeo Akabane, Jenna Barac, Paulo Fernando Braga Carvalho, Jeova Farias, Fernando Nascimento, Paulo Ricardo da Silva Oliveira
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 16

Machine Learning and the Random Walk Puzzle: Forecasting the CAD/USD Exchange Rate with Expanding Window Evaluation and SHAP Interpretability

arXiv:2606. 15058v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study examines whether machine learning (ML) models can outperform the naive random walk benchmark in forecasting the monthly USD/CAD exchange rate.

By Louis Agyekum, Edmund Fosu Agyemang, Obu-Amoah Ampomah, Kofi Acheampong, Emmanuel Boadi, Priscilla Yaa Amakye, Fafa Shalom Tchorly, Enock Adu Bonsu, Eric Nyarko