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Area of Science:

  • Geospatial analysis
  • Labor economics
  • Socioeconomic mapping

Background:

  • Accurate labor statistics are crucial for effective social policies and job creation.
  • Existing labor data lacks fine-scale geographical detail, hindering spatial analysis.
  • Labor activities exhibit significant unevenness across geographic areas.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for creating high-resolution gridded occupation maps.
  • To downscale aggregated labor statistics using remote sensing and spatial data.
  • To produce detailed maps of worker distribution by occupation.

Main Methods:

  • Applied a super-learner algorithm combining multiple machine learning models.
  • Predicted occupation shares and labor force participation rates at ~1x1 km resolution in Vietnam.
  • Integrated predictions with gridded working-age population data to map worker numbers.

Main Results:

  • Super-learner models demonstrated high accuracy, outperforming or matching single algorithms.
  • Predicted occupation shares for low-skilled categories (91% of labor force) explained 28-43% of wealth variation.
  • Established a strong spatial correlation between occupation type, income, and wealth distribution.

Conclusions:

  • The downscaling approach effectively generates fine-scale labor statistics maps.
  • The method highlights significant spatial relationships between labor, income, and wealth.
  • This technique is adaptable for mapping other aggregated socioeconomic data at high resolutions.