Apportionment methods

Ulrich Kohler and Janina Zeh ()
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Janina Zeh: Universitat Leipzig

Stata Journal, 2012, vol. 12, issue 3, 375-392

Abstract: Apportionment methods are used to translate a set of positive natural numbers into a set of smaller natural numbers while keeping the proportions between the numbers very similar. The methods are used to allocate seats in a chamber proportionally to the number of votes for a party in an election or proportionally to regional populations. In this article, we describe six apportionment methods and the user-written egen function apport(), which implements these methods. Copyright 2012 by StataCorp LP.

Keywords: apport(); egen; apportionment method; elections; Hamilton's method; Jefferson's method; Webster's method; Hill's method; Dean's method; Adams's method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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