技术和大数据正在改变经济学:挖掘文本以跟踪方法
TECHNOLOGY AND BIG DATA ARE CHANGING ECONOMICS:MINING TEXT TO TRACK METHODS
作者:
珍妮特·柯里(Janet Currie)
亨里克·克莱文(Henrik Kleven)
埃斯梅·兹维斯(EsméeZwiers)
The last 40 years have seen huge innovations in computing technology and data availability. Dataderived from millions of administrative records or by using (as we do) new methods of datageneration such as text mining are now common. New data often requires new methods, which inturn can inspire new data collection. If history is any guide, some methods will stick and otherswill prove to be a flash in the pan. However, the larger trends towards demanding greatercredibility and transparency from researchers in applied economics and a “collage” approach toassembling evidence will likely continue.
在过去的40年中,计算技术和数据可用性取得了巨大的创新。从数百万条管理记录或通过使用(如我们所做的)使用新的数据生成方法(例如文本挖掘)获得的数据现在很常见。新数据通常需要新方法,这反过来又可以激发新数据的收集。如果历史可以作为指导,那么某些方法将坚持下去,而另一些方法将被证明是the花一现。但是,应用经济学要求研究人员提高信誉和透明度的趋势越来越大,采用“合谋”方法收集证据的趋势可能还会继续。