R: Swiss Labor Market Participation Data

SwissLabor {AER} | R Documentation

## Swiss Labor Market Participation Data

### Description

Cross-section data originating from the health survey SOMIPOPS for Switzerland in 1981.

### Usage

    data("SwissLabor")

### Format

A data frame containing 872 observations on 7 variables.

participation

  Factor. Did the individual participate in the labor force?

income

  Logarithm of nonlabor income.

age

  Age in decades (years divided by 10).

education

  Years of formal education.

youngkids

  Number of young children (under 7 years of age).

oldkids

  Number of older children (over 7 years of age).

foreign

  Factor. Is the individual a foreigner (i.e., not Swiss)?

### Source

Journal of Applied Econometrics Data Archive.

http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/jae/1996-v11.3/gerfin/

### References

Gerfin, M. (1996). Parametric and Semi-Parametric Estimation of the Binary Response Model of Labour Market Participation. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 11, 321–339.

### Examples

    data("SwissLabor")

    ### Gerfin (1996), Table I.
    fm_probit <- glm(participation ~ . + I(age^2), data = SwissLabor,
      family = binomial(link = "probit"))
    summary(fm_probit)

    ### alternatively
    fm_logit <- glm(participation ~ . + I(age^2), data = SwissLabor,
      family = binomial)
    summary(fm_logit)

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