1 code implementation • 23 Apr 2021 • Luna Yue Huang, Solomon Hsiang, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro
We infer changes in household wealth based on satellite-derived changes in housing quality and obtain consistent results with the traditional field-survey based approach.
no code implementations • 16 Oct 2020 • Esther Rolf, Jonathan Proctor, Tamma Carleton, Ian Bolliger, Vaishaal Shankar, Miyabi Ishihara, Benjamin Recht, Solomon Hsiang
Combining satellite imagery with machine learning (SIML) has the potential to address global challenges by remotely estimating socioeconomic and environmental conditions in data-poor regions, yet the resource requirements of SIML limit its accessibility and use.
no code implementations • 16 Oct 2018 • Hannah Druckenmiller, Solomon Hsiang
We develop a cross-sectional research design to identify causal effects in the presence of unobservable heterogeneity without instruments.