setup_swiid: Get data from SWIID 9 database

In graebnerc/competitivenessData: Containes data on competitiveness issues in the EU

Description

Gets pre and post tax Ginis from the standardized world income inequality database provided by Solt. Since names of data files change whenever the data is updated one must download the raw data manualle. The '.rda' file from the zip should be used as an input to this functino.

Usage

setup_swiid(
  download_data,
  file_name,
  countries_considered,
  first_year,
  last_year
)

Arguments

download_data	If TRUE, data will be downloaded from the internet
file_name	The name of the '.rda' file containing the data.
countries_considered	Vector of iso3c codes of the countries for which data should be assembled.
first_year	First year for which data is to be collected (numeric).
last_year	Last year for which data is to be collected (numeric).

See Also

Other download_helpers: get_oecd_data(), get_worldbank()

graebnerc/competitivenessData documentation built on June 7, 2021, 2:28 a.m.