Inference for Ranks with Applications to Mobility across Neighbourhoods and Academic Achievement across Countries
排名推断:社区代际流动与跨国学业表现的应用
Abstract It is often desired to rank different populations according to the value of some feature of each population. For example, it may be desired to rank neighbourhoods according to some measure of intergenerational mobility or countries according to some measure of academic achievement. These rankings are invariably computed using estimates rather than the true values of these features. As a result, there may be considerable uncertainty concerning the rank of each…