Unbiased Estimation of Central Moments in Unbalanced Two- and Three-Level Models

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Main Authors: Ben-Moshe, Dan, Genesove, David
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Published: 2026
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author Ben-Moshe, Dan
Genesove, David
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Genesove, David
contents This paper derives closed-form unbiased estimators of central moments in multilevel random-effects models with unbalanced group sizes. In a two-level model, we provide unbiased estimators for the second, third, and fourth central moments under both group-level and observation-level averaging. In a three-level model, we provide unbiased estimators for the second and third central moments.
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spellingShingle Unbiased Estimation of Central Moments in Unbalanced Two- and Three-Level Models
Ben-Moshe, Dan
Genesove, David
Econometrics
This paper derives closed-form unbiased estimators of central moments in multilevel random-effects models with unbalanced group sizes. In a two-level model, we provide unbiased estimators for the second, third, and fourth central moments under both group-level and observation-level averaging. In a three-level model, we provide unbiased estimators for the second and third central moments.
title Unbiased Estimation of Central Moments in Unbalanced Two- and Three-Level Models
topic Econometrics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03469