Swiss Labor Market Participation Data
Cross-section data originating from the health survey SOMIPOPS for Switzerland in 1981.
data("SwissLabor")A data frame containing 872 observations on 7 variables.
Factor. Did the individual participate in the labor force?
Logarithm of nonlabor income.
Age in decades (years divided by 10).
Years of formal education.
Number of young children (under 7 years of age).
Number of older children (over 7 years of age).
Factor. Is the individual a foreigner (i.e., not Swiss)?
Journal of Applied Econometrics Data Archive.
Gerfin, M. (1996). Parametric and Semi-Parametric Estimation of the Binary Response Model of Labour Market Participation. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 11, 321–339.
data("SwissLabor")
### Gerfin (1996), Table I.
fm_probit <- glm(participation ~ . + I(age^2), data = SwissLabor,
family = binomial(link = "probit"))
summary(fm_probit)
### alternatively
fm_logit <- glm(participation ~ . + I(age^2), data = SwissLabor,
family = binomial)
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