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Prediction Policy Problems
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Most empirical policy work focuses on causal inference. We argue an important class of policy problems does not require causal inference but instead requires predictive inference. Solving these “prediction policy problems” requires more than simple regression techniques, since these are tuned to generating unbiased estimates of coefficients rather than minimizing prediction error. We argue that new developments in the field of “machine learning” are particularly useful for addressing these prediction problems. We use an example from health policy to illustrate the large potential social welfare gains from improved prediction.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kleinberg, J., Ludwig, J., Mullainathan, S., & Obermeyer, Z.
- Affiliations
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Venue
- American Economic Review
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2015-05-01
- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 491-495
- ISSN
- 0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4869349
- OpenAlex
- W2203167467
- Cited by
- 584
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 24.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Economic Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (DP5OD012161)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning in Healthcare
- Keywords
- predictive inference, causal inference, machine learning, prediction error, health policy
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