Paper #995

Títol:

An assessment of empirical Bayes and composite estimators for small areas

Autor:

Nicholas Longford

Data:

Novembre 2006

Resum:

We compare a set of empirical Bayes and composite estimators of the population means of the districts (small areas) of a country, and show that the natural modelling strategy of searching for a well fitting empirical Bayes model and using it for estimation of the area-level means can be inefficient.

Paraules clau:

Composite estimator, empirical Bayes models, mean squared error, small-area estimation

Codis JEL:

C15

Àrea de Recerca:

Estadística, Econometria i Mètodes Quantitatius

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