Utilising expert opinion to improve the measurement of international migration in Europe

Journal of Official Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 583-607

  Wiśniowski, Arkadiusz ^a   Bijak, Jakub ^a   Christiansen, Solveig ^b   Forster, Jonathan J ^a   Keilman, Nico ^b   Raymer, James ^a,c   Smith, Peter W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Delphi survey; Elicitation; Expert knowledge; Migration statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888424313     PISSN: 0282423X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/jos-2013-0041     Document Type: Article

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