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<h2>Crime in North Carolina</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>a panel of 90 observations (counties) from 1981 to 1987
</p>
<p><EM>total number of observations</EM> :  630
</p>
<p><EM>observation</EM> :  regional
</p>
<p><EM>country</EM> :  United States
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(Crime)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame containing :
</p>

<dl>
<dt>county</dt><dd><p>county identifier</p>
</dd>
<dt>year</dt><dd><p>year from 1981 to 1987</p>
</dd>
<dt>crmrte</dt><dd><p>crimes committed per person</p>
</dd>
<dt>prbarr</dt><dd><p>'probability' of arrest</p>
</dd>
<dt>prbconv</dt><dd><p>'probability' of conviction</p>
</dd>
<dt>prbpris</dt><dd><p>'probability' of prison sentenc</p>
</dd>
<dt>avgsen</dt><dd><p>average sentence, days    </p>
</dd>
<dt>polpc</dt><dd><p>police per capita</p>
</dd>
<dt>density</dt><dd><p>people per square mile</p>
</dd>
<dt>taxpc</dt><dd><p>tax revenue per capita</p>
</dd>
<dt>region</dt><dd><p>factor. One of 'other', 'west' or 'central'.</p>
</dd>
<dt>smsa</dt><dd><p>factor. Does the individual reside in a SMSA (standard metropolitan statistical area)?</p>
</dd>
<dt>pctmin</dt><dd><p>percentage minority in 1980</p>
</dd>
<dt>wcon</dt><dd><p>weekly wage in construction</p>
</dd>
<dt>wtuc</dt><dd><p>weekly wage in trns, util, commun</p>
</dd>
<dt>wtrd</dt><dd><p>weekly wage in whole sales and retail trade</p>
</dd>
<dt>wfir</dt><dd><p>weekly wage in  finance, insurance and real estate</p>
</dd>
<dt>wser</dt><dd><p>weekly wage in service industry</p>
</dd>
<dt>wmfg</dt><dd><p>weekly wage in manufacturing</p>
</dd>
<dt>wfed</dt><dd><p>weekly wage of federal emplyees</p>
</dd>
<dt>wsta</dt><dd><p>weekly wage of state employees</p>
</dd>
<dt>wloc</dt><dd><p>weekly wage of local governments employees      </p>
</dd>
<dt>mix</dt><dd><p>offence mix: face-to-face/other</p>
</dd>
<dt>pctymle</dt><dd><p>percentage of young males</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>


<p>Online complements to Baltagi (2001).
</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileychi/baltagi/">http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileychi/baltagi/</a>,  .   
</p>
<p>See also Journal of Applied Econometrics data archive entry for Baltagi (2006) at 
</p>
<p><a href="http://www.econ.queensu.ca/jae/2006-v21.4/baltagi/">http://www.econ.queensu.ca/jae/2006-v21.4/baltagi/</a>.
</p>


<h3>References</h3>


<p>Cornwell, C. and  W.N. Trumbull (1994) &ldquo;Estimating the economic model of crime with panel data&rdquo;, <EM>Review of Economics and Statistics</EM>, <B>76</B>, 360&ndash;366.
</p>
<p>Baltagi, B. H. (2006) &ldquo;Estimating an economic model of crime using panel data from North Carolina&rdquo;, <EM>Journal of Applied Econometrics</EM>, 21(4), 543&ndash;547.
</p>
<p>Baltagi, B. H. (2001) <EM>Econometric Analysis of Panel Data</EM>, John Wiley and Sons.
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