The Fay-Herriot model for multiply imputed data with an application to regional wealth estimation in Germany.

ABSTRACT: The increasing inequality of private income and wealth requires the redistribution of financial resources. Thus, several financial support schemes allocate budget across countries or regions. This work shows how to estimate private wealth at low regional levels by means of a modified Fay-Herriot approach that deals with (a) unit and item non-response, especially with used multiple imputation, (b) the skewness of the wealth distribution, and (c) inconsistencies of the regional estimates with the national direct estimate. One compelling example for financial redistribution is the promoted catching-up process of East Germany after the German reunification. This work shows that 25 years after the reunification differences are more diverse than just between the East and the West by estimating p

SUBMITTER: Kreutzmann AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9542938 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature