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Núñez Antón, Vicente and Pérez Salamero González, Juan Manuel and Regúlez Castillo, Marta and Vidal-Meliá, Carlos (2019) Improving the representativeness of a simple random sample: an optimization model and its application to the Continuous Sample of Working Lives. [ Documentos de Trabajo del Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico (ICAE); nº 20, ISSN: 2341-2356 ]
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Abstract
This paper develops an optimization model for selecting a large subsample that improves the representativeness of a simple random sample previously obtained from a population larger than the population of interest. The problem formulation involves convex mixed-integer nonlinear programming (convex MINLP) and is therefore NP-hard. However, the solution is found by maximizing the “constant of proportionality” – in other words, maximizing the size of the subsample taken from a stratified random sample with proportional allocation – and restricting it to a p-value high enough to achieve a good fit to the population of interest using Pearson’s chi-square goodness-of-fit test. The beauty of the model is that it gives the user the freedom to choose between a larger subsample with a poorer fit and a smaller subsample with a better fit. The paper also applies the model to a real case: The Continuous Sample of Working Lives (CSWL), which is a set of anonymized microdata containing information on individuals from Spanish Social Security records. Several waves (2005-2017) are first examined without using the model and the conclusion is that they are not representative of the target population, which in this case is people receiving a pension income. The model is then applied and the results prove that it is possible to obtain a large dataset from the CSWL that (far) better represents the pensioner population for each of the waves analysed.
Item Type: | Working Paper or Technical Report |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Optimization; Subsampling; Chi-square test; P-value, Continuous Sample of Working Lives. |
Subjects: | Sciences > Statistics > Mathematical optimization Social sciences > Economics > Public economy |
JEL: | C61, C81, C12, H55, J26 |
Series Name: | Documentos de Trabajo del Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico (ICAE) |
Volume: | |
Number: | 20 |
ID Code: | 55423 |
Deposited On: | 24 May 2019 12:44 |
Last Modified: | 26 May 2022 10:37 |
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