Empirical Bayes estimation of demographic schedules for small areas

Demography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 537-558

  Assunção, Renato M ^a   Schmertmann, Carl P ^b   Potter, Joseph E ^c   Cavenaghi, Suzana M ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA   (Brazil)

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EID: 26044466264     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2005.0022     Document Type: Article

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