How Good a Map? Putting Small Area Estimation to the Test

The authors examine the performance of small area welfare estimation. The method combines census and survey data to produce spatially disaggregated poverty and inequality estimates. To test the method, they compare predicted welfare indicators for...

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Main Authors: Demombynes, Gabriel, Elbers, Chris, Lanjouw, Jean O., Lanjouw, Peter
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7488024/good-map-putting-small-area-estimation-test
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7040

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