capture-recapture with linkage error

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No linkage is perfect, there will be linkage error. The literature on that is quite rich, I list few examples below:

• de Wolf, P.-P., van der Laan, J., & Zult, D. (2019). Connecting Correction Methods for Linkage Error in Capture-Recapture. Journal of Official Statistics, 35(3), 577-597. https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2019-0024 (Original work published 2019)
• Zult, D., de Wolf, P.-P., Bakker, B. F. M., & van der Heijden, P. (2021). A General Framework for Multiple-Recapture Estimation that Incorporates Linkage Error Correction. Journal of Official Statistics, 37(3), 699-718. https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2021-0031 (Original work published 2021)
• Di Consiglio, L., & Tuoto, T. (2018). Population Size Estimation and Linkage Errors: the Multiple Lists Case. Journal of Official Statistics, 34(4), 889-908. https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2018-0044 (Original work published 2018)
• Di Consiglio, L., & Tuoto, T. (2015). Coverage Evaluation on Probabilistically Linked Data. Journal of Official Statistics, 31(3), 415-429. https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2015-0025 (Original work published 2015)
• Chipperfield, J. O., & Chambers, R. L. (2015). Using the Bootstrap to Account for Linkage Errors when Analysing Probabilistically Linked Categorical Data. Journal of Official Statistics, 31(3), 397-414. https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2015-0024 (Original work published 2015)
• Ma, Y., & Chipperfield, J. (2025). Estimating Precision of Deterministic Linkage. Journal of Official Statistics, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0282423X251384713