L: a function to take lags and leads with panel data

In genvar: An Imperative Library for Data Manipulation

Description

a function to take lags and leads with panel data, mostly a wrapper for plm's lag function.

Usage

L(x, k = 1, ...)

Arguments

x	variable to lag
k	how many lags to take? If a negative number, leads will be generated.
...	other options to pass to plm::lag, does not need to be specified

Value

returns lag of the variable as a data frame

Examples

library(plm)
data(Produc)
use(Produc, clear=TRUE)
xtset(year, state)
gen(Lemp, L(emp))
gen(L2emp, L(emp,2))
headdata(10)

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