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<h2>Labor Force Participation </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>a cross-section
</p>
<p><EM>number of observations</EM> :  872
</p>
<p><EM>observation</EM> :  individuals
</p>
<p><EM>country</EM> :  Switzerland
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(Participation)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataframe containing :
</p>

<dl>
<dt>lfp</dt><dd><p>labour force participation ?</p>
</dd>
<dt>lnnlinc</dt><dd><p>the log of nonlabour income</p>
</dd>
<dt>age</dt><dd><p>age in years divided by 10</p>
</dd>
<dt>educ</dt><dd><p>years of formal education</p>
</dd>
<dt>nyc</dt><dd><p>the number of young children (younger than 7)</p>
</dd>
<dt>noc</dt><dd><p> number of older children</p>
</dd>
<dt>foreign</dt><dd><p>  foreigner ?</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>


<p>Gerfin, Michael (1996) &ldquo;Parametric and semiparametric estimation of the binary  response&rdquo;, <EM>Journal of Applied Econometrics</EM>, <B>11(3)</B>, 321-340.
</p>


<h3>References</h3>


<p>Davidson, R.  and  James G.  MacKinnon (2004) <EM>Econometric Theory and Methods</EM>, New York, Oxford University Press, <a href="http://www.econ.queensu.ca/ETM/">http://www.econ.queensu.ca/ETM/</a>, chapter 11.
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<p>Journal of Applied Econometrics data archive : <a href="http://jae.wiley.com/jae/">http://jae.wiley.com/jae/</a>.
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<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Index.Source</code>, <code>Index.Economics</code>, <code>Index.Econometrics</code>, <code>Index.Observations</code></p>


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