Large gaps exist in Mexico about production and analysis of small-scale territorial units. The paper addresses a new methodology for estimating the social backwardness for blocks of the metropolitan areas in Mexico. Based on The National Council for Evaluation of Social Development Policy...

While today linear mixed effects models are frequently used tools in different fields of statistics, in particular for studying data with clusters, longitudinal or multi-level structure, the nonparametric formulation of mixed effects models is still quite recent. In this paper we discuss and...

In multi-level regression, using a fixed effect for each cluster leads to models that are flexible but that have poor estimation accuracy. In small area studies, for example, fixed effects models are typically over-parameterized. Regarding region as a random effect reduces the number of...

This Technical Paper describes the processes for creating a key input dataset for the Regional Dimensions project. This input dataset is the so-called HES Linkage File, which feeds into the 'reweighting' process for converting a set of national household weights into small-area (SLA) household...