data.windscreen {desk}

Efficiency of a Car Glass Service Company

Description

This is a data set on the business statistics of 248 branches of a car glass service company in 2015.

Usage

data.windscreen

Format

A data frame with 248 observations on the following eight variables:

screen	number of windscreen replacements in the branch.
foreman	foremen employed in the branch.
assist	assistants employed in the branch.
f.wage	foremen's average wage in the branch.
a.wage	assistants' average wage in the branch.
f.age	foremen's average age in the branch.
a.age	assistants' average age in the branch.
capital	total value of machines used for windscreen replacement in the branch (in euro).

Details

In Auer et al. (2023, Chap. 20) these hypothetical data illustrate the use of two stage least squares estimation with instrumental variables.

Source

Auer, L.v., Hoffmann, S. & Kranz, T. (2023): Ökonometrie - Das R-Arbeitsbuch, 2nd ed., Springer-Gabler (https://www.oekonometrie-lernen.de).