Structure-preserving estimation (SPREE) is currently used to derive small-area estimates of unemployment in New Zealand using data from the Household Labour Force Survey and the Ministry of Social Development. Noble et al. (Journal of Official Statistics 18: 45-60, 2002) advocate loglinear...

This study investigates the short- and long-run impact on population dynamics of the major flood in the Netherlands in 1953. A dynamic difference-in-differences analysis reveals that the flood had an immediate negative impact on population growth, but limited long term effects. In contrast, the...