Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:  Arthur Grimes
Author-X-Name-First: Arthur
Author-X-Name-Last: Grimes
Author-Email:  arthur.grimes@motu.org.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research 
Author-Name:  David C. Maré
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Maré
Author-Email:  dave.mare@motu.org.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research 
Author-Name:  Melanie Morten 
Author-X-Name-First: Melanie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Morten
Author-Email: melanie.morten@motu.org.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Title:  Defining Areas: Linking Geographic Data in New Zealand
Abstract:  This paper develops a match quality statistic to quantify the trade-off between 'specificity' and 'completeness' when aggregating one regional aggregation to another. We apply this statistic to calculate the degree of mismatch between various regional aggregations for New Zealand using 1991 and 2001 Census Data. A program to calculate mismatch statistics is included as an appendix, as a Stata(r) ado file. 
Length:  50 pages
Creation-Date:  2006-08
File-URL: https://motu-www.motu.org.nz/wpapers/06_07.pdf
Number: 06_07
Classification-JEL: R1; C80
Keywords: Match quality; Geographic Aggregation
Handle: RePEc:mtu:wpaper:06_07