Poor coverage of top incomes in surveys, also referred to as the "missing rich" problem, leads to severe underestimation of income inequality. At the regional level this shortcoming is even more eminent due to small regional sample sizes. Tax records contain more accurate income information at...

Infolge des Urteils des Bundesverfassungsgerichts vom 19. September 2018 wird für den Zensus 2021 eine für alle Gemeinden einheitliche Erhebungs- und Schätzmethodik angestrebt. Dabei soll auf Vollerhebungsschichten möglichst verzichtet werden. Eine direkte Übertragung des bereits für den...

We consider a situation where the sample design of a survey is modified over time in order to save resources. The former design is a classical large-scale survey. The new design is a mixed mode survey where a smaller classical sample is augmented by records of an online survey. For the online...

Small area estimation methods have become a widely used tool to provide accurate estimates for regional indicators such as poverty measures. Recent research has provided evidence that spatial modelling still can improve the precision of regional and local estimates. In this paper, we provide an...