News Finding: They predicted the employment rate would have been 73 percent higher among asylum seekers who arrived in 2013 if they had been assigned to the places the algorithm identified as optimal.
Paper Finding: The results from these tests all show considerable gains.
News Context: The group found that if the algorithm had selected locations for refugees' resettlement, the average employment rate among those refugees would have been roughly 41 percent higher. They predicted the employment rate would have been 73 percent higher among asylum seekers who arrived in 2013 if they had been assigned to the places the algorithm identified as optimal. In Vaud, employment prospects are higher for anyone who speaks French.
Paper Context: These results suggest that the data-driven assignment has the potential to increase third-year employment in the Swiss context by about 73%. The results from these tests all show considerable gains. Our analysis demonstrated large potential improvements, but we did not test the algorithm prospectively.