Romantic Unemployment: Neoclassical Economic Theory in Online Dating and Labor Markets

By Felix Carreon III. University of Michigan.

Both the online dating and labor markets are matching markets in which firms and agents must agree they’re a good fit for one another. Continue reading Romantic Unemployment: Neoclassical Economic Theory in Online Dating and Labor Markets

Long Tails and Superstars: The Impact of Collaborative Filtering across Online Platforms

By Henry Z. Tang. Stanford University.

Collaborative filtering (CF) is an ongoing development in the algorithms used for online recommendation systems that have become both a complement to and substitute for traditional search on online marketplaces Continue reading Long Tails and Superstars: The Impact of Collaborative Filtering across Online Platforms