mathpnl: mathpnl

In wooldridge: 115 Data Sets from "Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, 7e" by Jeffrey M. Wooldridge

mathpnl

Description

Wooldridge Source: Leslie Papke, an economics professor at MSU, collected these data from Michigan Department of Education web site, www.michigan.gov/mde. These are district-level data, which Professor Papke kindly provided. She has used building-level data in “The Effects of Spending on Test Pass Rates: Evidence from Michigan” (2005), Journal of Public Economics 89, 821-839. Data loads lazily.

Usage

data('mathpnl')

Format

A data.frame with 3850 observations on 52 variables:

• distid: district identifier

• intid: intermediate school district

• lunch: percent eligible for free lunch

• enrol: school enrollment

• ptr: pupil/teacher: 1995-98

• found: foundation grant, $: 1995-98

• expp: expenditure per pupil

• revpp: revenue per pupil

• avgsal: average teacher salary

• drop: high school dropout rate, percent

• grad: high school grad. rate, percent

• math4: percent satisfactory, 4th grade math

• math7: percent satisfactory, 7th grade math

• choice: number choice students

• psa: # public school academy studs.

• year: 1992-1998

• staff: staff per 1000 students

• avgben: avg teacher fringe benefits

• y92: =1 if year == 1992

• y93: =1 if year == 1993

• y94: =1 if year == 1994

• y95: =1 if year == 1995

• y96: =1 if year == 1996

• y97: =1 if year == 1997

• y98: =1 if year == 1998

• lexpp: log(expp)

• lfound: log(found)

• lexpp_1: lexpp[_n-1]

• lfnd_1: lfnd[_n-1]

• lenrol: log(enrol)

• lenrolsq: lenrol^2

• lunchsq: lunch^2

• lfndsq: lfnd^2

• math4_1: math4[_n-1]

• cmath4: math4 - math4_1

• gexpp: lexpp - lexpp_1

• gexpp_1: gexpp[_n-1

• gfound: lfound - lfnd_1

• gfnd_1: gfound[_n-1]

• clunch: lunch - lunch[_n-1]

• clnchsq: lunchsq - lunchsq[_n-1]

• genrol: lenrol - lenrol[_n-1]

• genrolsq: genrol^2

• expp92: expp in 1992

• lexpp92: log(expp92)

• math4_92: math4 in 1992

• cpi: consumer price index

• rexpp: real spending per pupil, 1997$

• lrexpp: log(rexpp)

• lrexpp_1: lrexpp[_n-1]

• grexpp: lrexpp - lrexpp_1

• grexpp_1: grexpp[_n-1]

Used in Text

pages 479-480, 505-506

Source

https://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9781111531041

Examples

 str(mathpnl)

wooldridge documentation built on May 3, 2023, 5:06 p.m.