Managing Panel Data

Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Katrin Golsch and Alexander W. Schmidt
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Hans-Jürgen Andreß: Universität Köln, Lehrstuhl für Empirische Sozial- und Wirtschaftsforschung
Katrin Golsch: Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Soziologie
Alexander W. Schmidt: Universität Köln, Lehrstuhl für Empirische Sozial- und Wirtschaftsforschung

Chapter 2 in Applied Panel Data Analysis for Economic and Social Surveys, 2013, pp 15-59 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Panel data are usually more complex than cross-section data. Hence, before starting a statistical analysis, it is necessary to extract the relevant information from a larger data base often consisting of several data files. Panel data can be stored for statistical analysis either in wide or in long format. The chapter introduces the main data management operations to build such analysis files from a larger panel data base, such as the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). In three case studies it is shown how software commands that are available in all major statistical program packages (such as merge and append) can be applied to SOEP data. The chapter concludes with a discussion of balanced and unbalanced panel data and possible countermeasures against such unit non-response.

Keywords: Panel Data; Selection Probability; Poverty Rate; Poverty Threshold; Unbalanced Panel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32914-2_2

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