How Good Is a Map? Putting Small Area Estimation to the Test

How Good Is a Map? Putting Small Area Estimation to the Test

This paper examines the performance small area of welfare estimation. The method combines census and survey data to produce spatially disaggregated poverty and inequality estimates. To test the method, predicted welfare indicators for a set of target populations are compared with their true values....

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Main Authors: Demombynes, Gabriel, Elbers, Chris, Lanjouw, Jean O., Lanjouw, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Single Equation Models
Single Variables: Models with Panel Data
Longitudinal Data
Spatial Time Series C230
Model Construction and Estimation C510
Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology
Computer Programs: General C800
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
General Regional Economics: Econometric and Input-Output Models
Other Models R150
Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration
Regional Labor Markets
Population
Neighborhood Characteristics R230
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5641

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