M-quantile models with application to poverty mapping

Nikos Tzavidis1, Nicola Salvati2, Monica Pratesi2, Ray Chambers3
1Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica Applicata all’Economia, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
3Centre for Statistical and Survey Methodology, School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

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