Estimation of Normal Mixtures in a Nested Error Model with an Application to Small Area Estimation of Poverty and Inequality
This paper proposes a method for estimating distribution functions that are associated with the nested errors in linear mixed models. The estimator incorporates Empirical Bayes prediction while making minimal assumptions about the shape of the erro...
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Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19756129/estimation-normal-mixtures-nested-error-model-application-small-area-estimation-poverty-inequality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19362 |