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....
Main Authors: | Demombynes, Gabriel, Elbers, Chris, Lanjouw, Jean O., Lanjouw, Peter |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5641 |
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