Simulating the Joint Distribution of Individuals, Households and Dwellings in Small Areas

Trond Husby (), Olga Ivanova () and Mark Thissen ()
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Trond Husby: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), Den Haag, Netherlands.
Mark Thissen: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), Den Haag, Netherlands.

International Journal of Microsimulation, 2018, vol. 11, issue 2, 169-190

Abstract: : This article proposes a sample-based methodology for synthesizing individuals, households and dwellings in small areas, illustrated using a case study of Amsterdam. The method encompasses the following steps: first, individual- and household-level tables are created separately using Iterative Proportional Fitting (IPF). Second, synthetic individuals are allocated into synthetic households using a combination of sorting algorithms and mixed integer programming. As such, the synthetic households are adjusted to accommodate the synthetic individuals, ensuring a consistent joint distribution of individuals, households and dwellings in small areas.

Keywords: SPATIAL MICROSIMULATION; ITERATIVE PROPORTIONAL FITTING; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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