Journal
KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
Volume 229, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2021.107335
Keywords
Variational Bayes; Survival analysis; Dimension embedding; Unemployment modelling
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Funding
- Slovenian Research Agency [P2-0001, P1-0383]
- European Union [870702]
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This study aims to predict the probability of a job seeker finding a job over time using mathematical modelling of unemployment dynamics. A deep artificial neural network and variational Bayes method are utilized for parameter estimation, improving efficiency in analyzing high-cardinality categorical features.
Mathematical modelling of unemployment dynamics attempts to predict the probability of a job seeker finding a job as a function of time. This is typically achieved by using information in unemployment records. These records are right censored, making survival analysis a suitable approach for parameter estimation. The proposed model uses a deep artificial neural network (ANN) as a non-linear hazard function. Through embedding, high-cardinality categorical features are analysed efficiently. The posterior distribution of the ANN parameters are estimated using a variational Bayes method. The model is evaluated on a time-to-employment data set spanning from 2011 to 2020 provided by the Slovenian public employment service. It is used to determine the employment probability over time for each individual on the record. Similar models could be applied to other questions with multi-dimensional, high-cardinality categorical data including censored records. Such data is often encountered in personal records, for example in medical records. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
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