2 papers
stat.ME2026
Empirical best prediction of poverty indicators via nested error regression with high dimensional parameters
Yuting Chen, Partha Lahiri, Nicola Salvati
The Nested Error Regression Model with High-Dimensional Parameters (NERHDP) is extended to address challenges in small area poverty estimation. A robust and flexible framework is p…
math.ST2026
Impact of existence and nonexistence of pivot on the coverage of empirical best linear prediction intervals for small areas
Yuting Chen, Masayo Y. Hirose, Partha Lahiri
We advance the theory of parametric bootstrap in constructing highly efficient empirical best (EB) prediction intervals of small area means. The coverage error of such a prediction…