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Labor Force Participation
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Description
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a cross-section

*number of observations* : 872

*observation* : individuals

*country* : Switzerland

Usage
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::

    data(Participation)

Format
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A dataframe containing :

lfp
    labour force participation ?

lnnlinc
    the log of nonlabour income

age
    age in years divided by 10

educ
    years of formal education

nyc
    the number of young children (younger than 7)

noc
    number of older children

foreign
    foreigner ?

Source
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Gerfin, Michael (1996) “Parametric and semiparametric estimation of the
binary response”, *Journal of Applied Econometrics*, **11(3)**, 321-340.

References
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Davidson, R. and James G. MacKinnon (2004) *Econometric Theory and
Methods*, New York, Oxford University Press,
`http://www.econ.queensu.ca/ETM/ <http://www.econ.queensu.ca/ETM/>`_,
chapter 11.

Journal of Applied Econometrics data archive :
`http://jae.wiley.com/jae/ <http://jae.wiley.com/jae/>`_.

See Also
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``Index.Source``, ``Index.Economics``, ``Index.Econometrics``,
``Index.Observations``
