Small area estimation of poverty indicators

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-385

  Molina, Isabel ^a   Rao, J N K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empirical best estimator; Parametric bootstrap; Poverty mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956646583     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: 1708945X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjs.10051     Document Type: Article

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