Machine Learning: An Applied Econometric Approach

Machines are increasingly doing “intelligent” things. Face recognition algorithms use a large dataset of photos labeled as having a face or not to estimate a function that predicts the presence y of a face from pixels x. This similarity to econometrics raises questions: How do these new empirical to...

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Published in:The Journal of economic perspectives 2017-04, Vol.31 (2), p.87-106
Main Authors: Mullainathan, Sendhil, Spiess, Jann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Applied econometrics
Artificial intelligence
Cognitive style
Econometrics
Economic models
Economic theory
Economists
Face recognition
Inference
Instrumental variables
Instrumental variables estimation
Intelligence
Linear regression
Machine learning
Machinery
Parameter estimation
Symposium: Recent Ideas in Econometrics
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