Participation             package:Ecdat             R Documentation

_L_a_b_o_r _F_o_r_c_e _P_a_r_t_i_c_i_p_a_t_i_o_n

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     a cross-section

     _number of observations_ :  872

     _observation_ :  individuals

     _country_ :  Switzerland

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(Participation)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A dataframe containing :

     _l_f_p labour force participation ? a factor

     _l_n_n_l_i_n_c the log of nonlabour income

     _a_g_e age in years divided by 10

     _e_d_u_c years of formal education

     _n_y_c the number of young children (younger than 7)

     _n_o_c number of older children

     _f_o_r_e_i_g_n foreigner ? a factor

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Gerfin, Michael (1996) "Parametric and semiparametric estimation
     of the binary  response", _Journal of Applied Econometrics _,
     *11(3)*, 321-340.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Davidson, R.  and  James G.  MacKinnon (2004) _Econometric Theory
     and Methods_, New York, Oxford University Press, <URL:
     http://www.econ.queensu.ca/ETM/>, chapter 11.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'Index.Books', 'Index.Economics', 'Index.Econometrics',
     'Index.Observations'

