Most methods for small-area estimation are based on composite estimators derived from design- or model-based methods. A …

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 … our application of the small-area estimation method with the official designation of poor counties. On average, our …