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Machine Learning Models for Predicting Financially Vigilant Low-Income Households

Journal

IEEE ACCESS
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages 70418-70427

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IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3187564

Keywords

Economics; Machine learning; Government; COVID-19; Biological system modeling; Pandemics; Predictive models; Economic stimulus packages; financial vigilance; low-income households; machine learning; prediction

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The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted households globally in terms of social and economic factors. The Malaysian government has implemented stimulus packages to mitigate these effects, with a focus on those most affected by lockdowns. This study developed machine learning models to predict and profile financially vigilant households, using secondary data from the Special Survey on the Economic Effects of Covid-19 and Individual Round 1. The findings demonstrated the effectiveness of machine learning in predicting households' financial vigilance, which can inform the development of future economic stimulus packages.
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected households' lives in terms of social and economic factors across the world. The Malaysian government has devised a number of stimulus packages to combat the pandemic's effects. Stimulus packages would be insufficient to alleviate household financial burdens if they did not target those most affected by lockdowns. As a result, assessing household financial vigilance in the case of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial. This study aimed to develop machine learning models for predicting and profiling financially vigilant households. The Special Survey on the Economic Effects of Covid-19 and Individual Round 1 provided secondary data for this study. As a research methodology, a cross-industry standard process for data mining is followed. Five machine learning algorithms were used to build predictive models. Among all, Gradient Boosted Tree was identified as the best predictive model based on F-score measure. The findings showed machine learning approach can provide a robust model to predict households' financial vigilances, and this information might be used to build appropriate and effective economic stimulus packages in the future. Researchers, academics and policymakers in the field of household finance can use these recommendations to help them leverage machine learning.

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