This technical note presents the Reverse Method, a novel indirect approach for estimating the global value-added tax (VAT) compliance gap. The Reverse Method leverages public datasets and a calibrated ...

Several years ago, in an interview with Quartz, I argued that women are often mischaracterized as financially “risk-averse,” when a better description would be “risk aware.” Instead of being ...

As more caregivers take on increasing responsibility, they need interventions that mitigate the negative effects of caregiving on daily life. Since her husband was diagnosed with leptomeningeal ...

Are men more likely than women to use generative artificial intelligence? The answer, according to a recent working paper, is yes. The authors looked at generative AI adoption globally and found a ...

Nearly 40% of women said they are scared to bring up their mental health at work due to potential negative consequences. Employers consistently say employee well-being is a top priority, and most back ...

The Python Software Foundation warned users this week that threat actors are trying to steal their credentials in phishing attacks using a fake Python Package Index (PyPI) website. PyPI is a ...

I’ve been running lmms_eval on the ChartQA benchmark using the Qwen/Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct model under two different settings, and I’m seeing significant ...

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a powerful, free source-code editor that makes it easy to write and run Python code. This guide will walk you through setting up VSCode for Python development, step by ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to provide comprehensive comparison between two different methodologies used in chatbot development, traditional coding approach using Python and using ...

Abstract: In this study, we propose a novel penalty reformulation and numerical solution method for optimal control problems (OCPs) of linear complementarity systems. The proposed reformulation aims ...