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A Practical Guide to Using Panel Data
Simonetta Longhi
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Description for A Practical Guide to Using Panel Data
Paperback. Each chapter in this introduction features existing data sets and hands-on exercises to present readers with all the practical tools needed to successfully use panel data in their research Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 586.
This timely, thoughtful book provides a clear introduction to using panel data in research.
It describes the different types of panel datasets commonly used for empirical analysis, and how to use them for cross sectional, panel, and event history analysis. Longhi and Nandi then guide the reader through the data management and estimation process, including the interpretation of the results and the preparation of the final output tables.
Using existing data sets and structured as hands-on exercises, each chapter engages with practical issues associated with using data in ... Read more
- Data cleaning
- Data preparation
- Computation of descriptive statistics
- Using sample weights
- Choosing and implementing the right estimator
- Interpreting results
- Preparing final output tables
- Graphical representation
Written by experienced authors this exciting textbook provides the practical tools needed to use panel data in research.
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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781446210871
SKU
V9781446210871
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About Simonetta Longhi
Simonetta Longhi is Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex. She is also Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA) and Research Affiliate at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM). Her research interests are on migration and labour economics and she has published various journal ... Read more
Reviews for A Practical Guide to Using Panel Data
This book is exactly what I have been looking for in my teaching, as a valuable guide for graduate and advanced undergraduate students who are thinking of tackling panel data but feel overwhelmed by how complicated it seems compared to working with standard cross-sectional datasets. The authors nicely combine discussion of general statistical principles with lots of example Stata code ... Read more