sample of publications

• articles 

  • A map of the poor or a poor map?.  Mathematics.  9:1-40. 2021
  • Time stable empirical best predictors under a unit-level model.  COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS.  160:107226-107249. 2021
  • Accounting for dependent informative sampling in model-based finite population inference.  TEST.  30:179-197. 2021
  • Estimation of proportions in small areas: application to the labour force using the Swiss Census Structural Survey.  Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society.  183:281-310. 2020
  • Small area estimation methods for poverty mapping: a selective review.  Statistics and Applications.  17:11-22. 2019
  • A generalized mixed model for skewed distributions applied to small area estimation.  TEST.  28. 2019
  • Empirical best prediction under a nested error model with log transformation.  ANNALS OF STATISTICS.  46:1961-1993. 2018
  • Small area estimation of general parameters under complex sampling designs.  COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS.  121:20-40. 2018
  • Fast and robust estimators of variance components in the nested error model.  STATISTICS AND COMPUTING.  27:1655-1675. 2017
  • Poverty mapping in small areas under a two-fold nested error regression model.  JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES A-STATISTICS IN SOCIETY.  180:1111-1136. 2017
  • Remote sensing estimates and measures of uncertainty for forest variables at different aggregation levels.  ENVIRONMETRICS.  27:225-238. 2016
  • A comparison of small área estimation methods for poverty mapping.  Survey Methodology- Statistics in Transition.  17 :41-66. 2016
  • Sae: An R Package for Small Area Estimation.  R Journal.  7:81-98. 2015
  • Small area estimation under a Fay-Herriot model with preliminary testing for the presence of random area effects.  Survey Methodology.  41:1-19. 2015
  • Outlier detection and robust estimation in linear regression models with fixed group effects.  JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL COMPUTATION AND SIMULATION.  84:2652-2669. 2014
  • Small area estimation of general parameters with application to poverty indicators: a hierarchical Bayes approach.  Annals of Applied Statistics.  8:852-885. 2014
  • Small area estimation with spatio-temporal Fay-Herriot models.  COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS.  58:308-325. 2013
  • Fast EB method for estimating complex poverty indicators in large populations.  Journal of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics.  66:105-120. 2012
  • Estimation of Mean Squared Error of Model-Based Small Area Estimators.  TEST.  20:367-388. 2011
  • Modelling Attendance at Spanish Professional Football League.  JOURNAL OF APPLIED STATISTICS.  38:1189-1206. 2011
  • Small Area Estimation of Poverty Indicators.  CANADIAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS-REVUE CANADIENNE DE STATISTIQUE.  38:369-385. 2010
  • Small Area Estimation under Fay-Herriot Models with Non-parametric Estimation of Heteroscedasticity.  STATISTICAL MODELLING.  10:215-239. 2010
  • Multi-sample Rényi test statistics.  Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics.  23:196-215. 2009
  • Bootstrap for Estimating the MSE of the Spatial EBLUP.  COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS.  24:441-458. 2009
  • Comments on: Goodness-of-fit Tests in Mixed Modes.  TEST.  18:244-247. 2009
  • Uncertainty under a Multivariate Nested-Error Regression Model with Logarithmic Transformation.  JOURNAL OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS.  100:963-980. 2009
  • Estimadores de áreas pequeñas basados en modelos para la Encuesta de Población Activa.  Estadística española.  51:133-172. 2009
  • Mean-Squared Errors of Small-Area Estimators under a Unit-Level Multivariate Model.  STATISTICS.  43:553-569. 2009
  • Analytic and Bootstrap Approximations of Prediction Errors Under a Multivariate Fay-Herriot Model.  COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS.  52:5242-5252. 2008
  • Bootstrap Mean Squared Error of a Small-Area EBLUP.  JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL COMPUTATION AND SIMULATION.  78:443-462. 2008

• book chapters 

  • Empirical bayes and hierarchical bayes estimation of poverty measures for small areas. In: Analysis of poverty data by small area methods.  Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 315-324. 2016
  • Robust Henderson III Estimators of Variance Components in the Nested Error Model. In: Modern Mathematical Tools and Techniques in Capturing Complexity.  SPRINGER VERLAG GMBH. 329-339. 2011

• books 

  • Small area estimation.  Wiley Series in Survey Methodology, Hoboken, NJ. 2015

• conference contributions 

  • Poverty mapping in small areas under a twofold nested error regression model 2016
  • Small area estimation of general parameters under complex sampling designs 2016
  • Estimation of poverty in small areas under skewed distributions 2015
  • Poverty mapping at local level with suitable modelling of income 2015
  • Small area estimation of complex parameters under complex sampling designs 2015
  • An overview of small area estimation methods for poverty mapping 2014
  • Empirical best estimation under a nested error linear regression model with log transformation 2014
  • Small area estimation and poverty mapping procedures 2014
  • A review of poverty mapping procedures 2013
  • Model-based estimation of poverty indicators for small areas: overview 2013
  • Small area estimation under a Fay-Herriot model with preliminary testing for the presence of random area effects 2013
  • Aplicaciones de las técnicas de estimación de áreas pequeñas a partir de datos reales 2012
  • Empirical Best Estimation under a Nested Error Linear Regression Model with Log Transformation 2012
  • Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of Poverty Indicators in Small Areas 2012
  • Hierarchical Bayes Small Area Estimation of Poverty Indicators 2012
  • Small Area Estimation of General Parameters, with Application to Poverty Mapping 2012
  • Small Area Estimation of General Parameters, with Application to Poverty Mapping 2012
  • An Alternative Approach to Robust Small Area Estimation 2011
  • Area-Level-Time-Space Models for Small Area Estimation of Poverty Indicators 2011
  • Estimation of Complex Small Area Parameters with Application to Poverty Indicators 2011
  • Small Area Estimation for Complex Surveys 2011
  • Bootstrap Estimation of the Mean Squared Error Under a Spatial Fay-Herriot Model 2008

• working papers 

  • Pull your small area estimates up by the bootstraps 2020
  • Small area estimation of general parameters under complex sampling designs 2016
  • A Comparison of Small Area Estimation Methods for Poverty Mapping 2015
  • Best prediction under a nested error model with log transformation 2014
  • Robust Henderson III estimators of variance components in the nested error model 2011
  • Small area Estimation on Poverty Indicators 2009
  • Modelling Attendance at Spanish Professional Football League 2009
  • Robust Estimation in Linear Regression Models with Fixed Effects 2009