This paper presents a novel framework to estimate the elasticity between nighttime lights and quarterly economic activity. The relationship is identified by accounting for varying degrees of ...

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The Zeta Economic Index, launched Monday, uses generative AI to analyze what its developers call "trillions of behavioral signals" to score growth on both a broad level and for stability. In June, ...

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Three major foundations are abandoning feel-good metrics for hard data on economic transformation, pioneering new ways to measure whether their workforce investments create lasting change. In 2008, ...

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A recent investment bank research article suggested that generative AI could drive a 7% uptick in global GDP. What if, though, such statements were a kind of category error? What if AI were so ...