Treatment of sample under-representation and skewed heavy-tailed distributions in survey-based microsimulation: An analysis of redistribution effects in compulsory health care insurance in Switzerland
[Methoden zur Behandlung von Unterrepräsentation bei schiefen Verteilungen für die stichprobenbasierte Mikrosimulation: Eine Analyse zu den Umverteilungseffekten in der obligatorischen Krankenversicherung der Schweiz]
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Simulation; Pareto distribution; Representative outliers; Nonresponse; Calibration; Imputation;All these keywords.
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