get_Yi1 {BMisc}

get_Yi1

Description

A function to calculate outcomes for units in the first time period that is available in a panel data setting (this function can also be used to recover covariates, etc. in the first period).

Usage

get_Yi1(df, idname, yname, tname, gname)

Arguments

df

the data.frame used in the function

idname

name of column that holds the unit id

yname

name of column containing the outcome (or other variable) for which to calculate its outcome in the immediate pre-treatment period

tname

name of column that holds the time period

gname

name of column containing the unit's group