The small-area estimation technique developed for producing poverty maps has been applied in a large number of …, Brazil, indicate that the small-area estimation approach is able to produce estimates of welfare that line up quite closely … a setting where these true values are known. A recent study draws on Monte Carlo evidence to warn that the small-area …

In this paper, we apply a recently developed small-area estimation technique to derive geographically detailed …, we apply a recently developed small-area estimation technique to derive geographically detailed estimates of consumption … environment poverty small area estimation JEL Classification O15, O53, P36, Q56 Acknowledgements We are grateful …

Many variables of interest in business and agricultural surveys have skewed distributions. Small area estimation …

effects such as small area estimation, and much attention has been received since suggested by Vaida and Blanchard (2005). A …

The selection of an appropriate model is a fundamental step of the data analysis in small area estimation. Bias …