A Practical Guide to Using Panel Data
eBook - ePub

A Practical Guide to Using Panel Data

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Practical Guide to Using Panel Data

About this book

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 research. These include:

  • 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.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Publisher Note
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Illustration List
  8. Illustration List
  9. Illustration List
  10. About the Authors
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. Introduction
  13. Part I Data Preparation in Micro Panel Surveys
  14. 1 Why Panel Surveys?
  15. 2 Different Types of Panel Surveys
  16. 3 A First Look at the Data Using Stata
  17. 4 Preparing the Data for Longitudinal Analysis
  18. 5 Working with Multiple Datasets
  19. 6 Identifying Household Members and Matching Information of Spouses and Partners
  20. Part II Analysis of Cross-Section and Panel Data
  21. 7 Sample Design, Non-Response and Weights
  22. 8 Analysis of Cross-Section Data
  23. 9 Analysis of Panel Data for Continuous Dependent Variables
  24. 10 Analysis of Panel Data for Discrete Dependent Variables
  25. Part III Event History: Data Preparation and Analysis
  26. 11 Introduction to Duration Analysis
  27. 12 How to Use Retrospective History Data Files: An Example
  28. 13 Analysis of Event History Data
  29. Part IV Presenting your Results
  30. 14 Producing Output Tables and Graphs
  31. Glossary
  32. References
  33. Index

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