Abstract
dc:description.abstractI examine the problem of poverty mapping. I explain the difficulties of small area estimation arising from data sparseness and argue that any attempt to overcome this fundamental problem has to take the form of a conditional homogeneity assumption.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- School of Economics
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Naidoo, Jesse
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Wittenberg, Martin
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12165
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12165