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| dc.title | AI and Judicial Productivity: The Impact of MIDAS on the Courts of Fortaleza, Brazil |
| dc.contributor.author | Pierri, Gastón |
| dc.contributor.author | Fontenele, Marcelo |
| dc.contributor.author | Nunes, Jose Luiz |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Institutional Capacity of the State Division |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Institutions for Development Sector |
| dc.coverage | Brazil |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-23T00:07:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2026-07-23T00:07:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper presents preliminary results from a pilot study conducted in the courts of Ceará, Brazil. The study evaluates the impact of introducing a tool that uses natural language processing and machine learning techniques to cluster judicial acts by textual similarity on clerk productivity, measured as the number of case files a clerk can produce in a day. Estimates indicate that treatment-group clerks produced approximately 10 more case files per day than control-group clerks, a statistically significant difference equivalent to a 37% increase relative to the control group mean. The results are robust to the exclusion of outlier observations and exceptionally productive clerks. |
| dc.format.extent | 23 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0014427 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/AI-and-Judicial-Productivity-The-Impact-of-MIDAS-on-the-Courts-of-Fortaleza-Brazil.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Productivity |
| dc.subject | Labor Force |
| dc.subject | Artificial Intelligence |
| dc.subject | Justice Administration |
| dc.subject | Natural Language Processing |
| dc.subject | Criminal Justice |
| dc.subject | Closing |
| dc.subject | Machine Learning |
| dc.subject.jelcode | O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes |
| dc.subject.jelcode | H83 - Public Administration • Public Sector Accounting and Audits |
| dc.subject.jelcode | K40 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: General |
| dc.subject.jelcode | C93 - Field Experiments |
| dc.subject.jelcode | J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity |
| dc.subject.keywords | artificial intelligence;Judicial Productivity;Natural Language Processing;Court Administration;Public Sector Automation;machine learning;Field experiment;access to justice |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-WP-01856 |
| idb.operation | RG-T4629 |