Improving small area estimation by combining surveys: new perspectvives in regional statistics

• Autores: Alex Costa, Albert Satorra Brucart , Eva Ventura Colera
• Localización: Sort: Statistics and Operations Research Transactions, ISSN 1696-2281, Vol. 30, Nº. 1, 2006, págs. 101-121
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Mejora de la estimación en áreas pequeñas mediante combinación de encuestas: nuevas perspectivas en estadística regional.
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  • A national survey designed for estimating a specific population quantity is sometimes used for estimation of this quantity also for a small area, such as a province.

    Budget constraints do not allow a greater sample size for the small area, and so other means of improving estimation have to be devised. We investigate such methods and assess them by a Monte Carlo study. We explore how a complementary survey can be exploited in small area estimation. We use the context of the Spanish Labour Force Survey (EPA) and the Barometer in Spain for our study.

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