psidR

psidR is a package that helps the task of building
  longitudinal datasets from the Panel Study of Income
  Dynamics (PSID). The user must supply the PSID variable
  names that correspond to the variables of interest in
  each desired wave. The data may be in .dta, .csv format
  on disk. Creation of .dta or .csv datasets requires
  access to Stata or SAS software. There is an option to
  bypass this requirement by directly downloading the data
  from the server into a data.frame.

Makes it easy to build panel data in wide format from PSID
    delivered raw data. Deals with data downloaded and pre-processed by Stata or SAS,
    or can optionally download directly from the PSID server using the SAScii package.
    psidR takes care of merging data from each wave onto a cross-period index file,
    so that individuals can be followed over time. The user must specify which years
    they are interested in, and the PSID variable names (e.g. ER21003) for each year
    (they differ in each year). There are different panel data designs and two 
    popular subsetting criteria (heads only and core sample only) implemented.

psidR: psidR

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