birthwt

a cross-section of 1388 individuals from 1988

dataset

Functions, data sets and examples for the book: Yves Croissant (2024) "Microeconometrics with R", Chapman and Hall/CRC The R Series. The package includes a set of estimators for models used in microeconometrics, especially for count data and limited dependent variables. Test functions include score test, Hausman test, Vuong test, Sargan test and conditional moment test. A small subset of the data set used in the book is also included.

Yves Croissant

micsr

Microeconometrics with R

birthwt function

a tibble containing:<ul>
<li>birthwt: birth weight</li>
<li>cigarettes: number of cigarettes smoked per day during pregnancy</li>
<li>parity: birth order</li>
<li>race: a factor with levels <code>"other"</code> and <code>"white"</code></li>
<li>sex: a factor with levels <code>"female"</code> and <code>"male"</code></li>
<li>edmother: number of years of education of the mother</li>
<li>edfather: number of years of education of the father</li>
<li>faminc: family income</li>
<li>cigtax: per-pack state excise tax on cigarettes</li>
</ul>

birthwt: Cigarette smoking and birth weight

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