Improving small area estimation by combining surveys : new perspectives in regional statistics
Costa, Àlex (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya)
Satorra, Albert (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Ventura, Eva (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Date:	2006
Abstract:	A national survey designed for estimating a specific population quantity is sometimes used for estimation of this quantity also for a small area, such as a province. Budget constraints do not allow a greater sample size for the small area, and so other means of improving estimation have to be devised. We investigate such methods and assess them by a Monte Carlo study. We explore how a complementary survey can be exploited in small area estimation. We use the context of the Spanish Labour Force Survey (EPA) and the Barometer in Spain for our study.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Composite estimator ; Complementary survey ; Mean squared error ; Official statistics ; Regional statistics ; Small areas
Published in:	SORT : statistics and operations research transactions, Vol. 30, Núm. 1 (January-June 2006) , p. 101-122, ISSN 2013-8830

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