Abstract
Timothy Li (2002) "Small Area Modeling Research for the Occupational
Employment Survey."
The Occupational Employment Survey (OES) is a yearly mail survey
designed to produce estimates of employment and wages for more than 700
occupations. The OES sample contains approximately 400,000
establishments per year, accumulating a rolling sample of 1.2 million
establishments every three years. The OES sample is stratified by
geographic area, economic activity, and employment size class—with
geographic area defined by State, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
and balance of State area, and economic activity defined by three-digit
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes. While the sample is
designed to produce reliable design-based estimates for large geographic
areas, our research investigates synthetic and composite estimators for
smaller geographic areas. We examine some standard small area models, as
well as examine new methods which draw upon some of the unique features
of the OES survey. We also examine a new method of variance estimation,
which modifies the current Jackknife Random Groups approach.
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