Robust small area estimation and oversampling in the estimation of poverty indicators

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 155-163

  Giusti, Caterina ^a   Marchetti, Stefano ^a   Pratesi, Monica ^a   Salvati, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

M quantile models; Oversample; Poverty mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883617911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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