Small-area estimation with spatial similarity
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- dc.contributor.author Longford, Nicholas T.ca
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
- dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-26T10:51:00Z
- dc.date.available 2017-07-26T10:51:00Z
- dc.date.issued 2008-07-01
- dc.date.modified 2017-07-23T02:12:01Z
- dc.description.abstract A class of composite estimators of small area quantities that exploit spatial (distancerelated) similarity is derived. It is based on a distribution-free model for the areas, but the estimators are aimed to have optimal design-based properties. Composition is applied also to estimate some of the global parameters on which the small area estimators depend. It is shown that the commonly adopted assumption of random effects is not necessary for exploiting the similarity of the districts (borrowing strength across the districts). The methods are applied in the estimation of the mean household sizes and the proportions of single-member households in the counties (comarcas) of Catalonia. The simplest version of the estimators is more efficient than the established alternatives, even though the extent of spatial similarity is quite modest.
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- dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=1105
- dc.identifier.citation Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 10.1016/j.csda.2009.09.005
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/863
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 1105
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- dc.subject.keyword auxiliary information
- dc.subject.keyword composite estimation
- dc.subject.keyword design-based estimator
- dc.subject.keyword exploiting similarity
- dc.subject.keyword model-based estimator
- dc.subject.keyword multivariate shrinkage
- dc.subject.keyword small-area estimation
- dc.subject.keyword spatial similarity
- dc.subject.keyword Statistics, Econometrics and Quantitative Methods
- dc.title Small-area estimation with spatial similarityca
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