A Super-Learning Machine for Predicting Economic Outcomes
Giovanni Cerulli
MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany
Abstract:
We present a Super-Learning Machine (SLM) to predict economic outcomes which improves prediction (i) by cross-validated optimal tuning, (ii) by comparing/combining results from different learners. Our application to a labor economics dataset shows that different learners may behave differently. However, combining learners into one singleton super-learner proves to preserve good predictive accuracy lowering the variance more than stand-alone approaches.
Keywords: Machine learning; Ensemble methods; Optimal prediction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C53 C61 C63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-03-10
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