What Can We (Machine) Learn about Welfare Dynamics from Cross-Sectional Data?
This paper implements a machine learning approach to estimate intra-generational economic mobility using cross-sectional data. A Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (Lasso) procedure is applied to explore poverty dynamics and household-...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/949841533741579213/What-can-we-machine-learn-about-welfare-dynamics-from-cross-sectional-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30235 |