Large Numbers of Estimates for Small Areas

Describes two applications of a method for reweighting a survey or administrative records database to borrow strength and improve the precision of state estimates. The first is estimating the numbers and characteristics of children without health insurance. The second is microsimulation of proposed food stamp and welfare program reforms.

MoreLess

Year of publication:	2000-07-30
Institutions:	Mathematica Policy Research ; Allen Schirm with members of the Panel on Research on Future Census Methods Alan Zaslavsky John Czajka with other members of the Panel on Research ; Development Priorities for the US Census Bureaus State
Subject:	Surveys Nutrition Estimators Empirical Bayes

More details

Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Mathematica Policy Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	7 pages long
Classification:	C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262033