RiskyTransport {mlogit}R Documentation

Risky Transportation Choices

Description

a cross-section

number of observations : 5405

country : Sierra Leone

Usage

data(RiskyTransport)

Format

A dataframe containing :

id

individual id

choice

1 for the chosen mode

mode

one of Helicopter, WaterTaxi, Ferry and Hovercraft

cost

the generalised cost of the transport mode

risk

the fatality rate, numbers of death per 100,000 trips

weight

weights

seats
noise
crowdness
convloc
clientele
chid

choice situation id

african

yes if born in Africa, no otherwise

lifeExp

declared life expectancy

dwage

declared hourly wage

iwage

imputed hourly wage

educ

level of education, one of low and high

fatalism

self-ranking of the degree of fatalism

gender

gender, one of female and male

age

age

haveChildren

yes if the traveler has children, no otherwise

swim

yes if the traveler knows how to swim, no itherwise

Source

American Economic Association data archive : http://aeaweb.org/aer/.

References

Gianmarco, Leon and Edward Miguel (2017) “Risky Transportation Choices and the Value of a Statistical Life”, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(1), 202-28.


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