Describes two applications of a method for reweighting a survey or administrative records database to borrow strength and improve the precision of state estimates. The first is estimating the numbers and characteristics of children without health insurance. The second is microsimulation of...

This working paper describes a three-question telephone screener used with the National Beneficiary Survey to standardize interviewers' assessments of whether sample members had the capacity to complete a survey or if a proxy was needed. Results show that interviewer training on how to use the...

Purpose – Information technology (IT) is increasingly being used towards the effectiveness of supply chains. There are, however, some barriers in this process. These barriers influence one another and also adversely affect the IT‐enablement of a supply chain. The aim of this paper is to...

Purpose – Aims at finding out the senior managers' perceptions about the extent to which the components of KM contribute to the success of SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the current knowledge management practices in Turkish SMEs...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate whether shocks to the health of a self‐employed worker in Brazil increase the labour supply of other household members. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from the Brazilian National Household Survey, this paper investigates whether the...

Provides a framework for understanding the relationships between alternative cointegrating estimators with special attention given to single equation procedures. The approach consists of augmenting the long‐run model with general short‐run dynamic specifications and identifying the specific...