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Crime in North Carolina
Description
a panel of 90 observational units (counties) from 1981 to 1987
Format
A data frame containing :
- county
county identifier
- year
year from 1981 to 1987
- crmrte
crimes committed per person
- prbarr
'probability' of arrest
- prbconv
'probability' of conviction
- prbpris
'probability' of prison sentence
- avgsen
average sentence, days
- polpc
police per capita
- density
people per square mile
- taxpc
tax revenue per capita
- region
factor. One of 'other', 'west' or 'central'.
- smsa
factor. (Also called "urban".) Does the individual reside in a SMSA (standard metropolitan statistical area)?
- pctmin
percentage minority in 1980
- wcon
weekly wage in construction
- wtuc
weekly wage in transportation, utilities, communications
- wtrd
weekly wage in wholesale and retail trade
- wfir
weekly wage in finance, insurance and real estate
- wser
weekly wage in service industry
- wmfg
weekly wage in manufacturing
- wfed
weekly wage in federal government
- wsta
weekly wage in state government
- wloc
weekly wage in local government
- mix
offence mix: face-to-face/other
- pctymle
percentage of young males (between ages 15 to 24)
- lcrmrte
log of crimes committed per person
- lprbarr
log of 'probability' of arrest
- lprbconv
log of 'probability' of conviction
- lprbpris
log of 'probability' of prison sentence
- lavgsen
log of average sentence, days
- lpolpc
log of police per capita
- ldensity
log of people per square mile
- ltaxpc
log of tax revenue per capita
- lpctmin
log of percentage minority in 1980
- lwcon
log of weekly wage in construction
- lwtuc
log of weekly wage in transportation, utilities, communications
- lwtrd
log of weekly wage in wholesale and retail trade
- lwfir
log of weekly wage in finance, insurance and real estate
- lwser
log of weekly wage in service industry
- lwmfg
log of weekly wage in manufacturing
- lwfed
log of weekly wage in federal government
- lwsta
log of weekly wage in state government
- lwloc
log of weekly wage in local government
- lmix
log of offence mix: face-to-face/other
- lpctymle
log of percentage of young males (between ages 15 to 24)
Details
total number of observations : 630
observation : regional
country : United States
The variables l* (lcrmrte, lprbarr, ...) contain the pre-computed logarithms of the base variables as found in the original data set. Note that these values slightly differ from what R's log() function yields for the base variables. In order to reproduce examples from the literature, the pre-computed logs need to be used, otherwise the results differ slightly.
Source
Journal of Applied Econometrics Data Archive (complements Baltagi (2006)):
http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/jae/2006-v21.4/baltagi/
Online complements to Baltagi (2001):
https://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileychi/baltagi/
Online complements to Baltagi (2013):
https://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=resource&bcsId=4338&itemId=1118672321&resourceId=13452
See also Journal of Applied Econometrics data archive entry for Baltagi (2006) at http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/jae/2006-v21.4/baltagi/.
References
Cornwell C, Trumbull WN (1994). “Estimating the economic model of crime with panel data.” Review of Economics and Statistics, 76, 360–366.
Baltagi BH (2006). “Estmating an economic model of crime using panel data from North Carolina.” Journal of Applied Econometrics, 21(4).
Baltagi BH (2001). Econometric Analysis of Panel Data, 3rd edition. John Wiley and Sons ltd.
Baltagi BH (2013). Econometric Analysis of Panel Data, 5th edition. John Wiley and Sons ltd.