2020-11-19–2020-11-20 - Worldwide (online via ZOOM) (No country specification) - Institute of Employment Research (IAB), Germany; …
Empirical research in economics typically focuses on the unbiased estimation of causal effects. In contrast, statistics and computer science place more value on prediction (especially out-of-sample) and data-driven selection of models and variables. So far, only few studies apply these methods...