A Practical Guide to Using Panel Data

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4462-1086-4
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 774 g

This timely, thoughtful book provides a clear introduction to using panel data in research.

It describes the different types of panel datasets commonly used for empirical analysis, and how to use them for cross sectional, panel, and event history analysis. Longhi and Nandi then guide the reader through the data management and estimation process, including the interpretation of the results and the preparation of the final output tables.

Using existing data sets and structured as hands-on exercises, each chapter engages with practical issues associated with using data in research. These include:

- Data cleaning

- Data preparation

- Computation of descriptive statistics

- Using sample weights

- Choosing and implementing the right estimator

- Interpreting results

- Preparing final output tables

- Graphical representation

Written by experienced authors this exciting textbook provides the practical tools needed to use panel data in research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Longhi, Simonetta

Nandi, Alita

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: DATA PREPARATION IN MICRO PANEL SURVEYS

Why Panel Surveys

Different Types of Panel Surveys

A First Look at the Data Using Stata

Preparing the Data for Longitudinal Analysis

Working with Multiple Datasets
Identifying Household Members and Matching Information of Spouses and Partners
PART TWO: ANALYSIS OF CROSS-SECTION AND PANEL DATA

Sample Design, Non-response and Weights
Analysis of Cross-Section Data

Analysis of Panel Data for Continuous Dependent Variables

Analysis of Panel Data for Discrete Dependent Variables
PART THREE: EVENT HISTORY: DATA PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS
Introduction to Duration Analysis
How to Use Retrospective History Data Files: an Example
Analysis of Event History Data
PART FOUR: PRESENTING YOUR RESULTS

Producing Output Tables and Graphs

Über Autor(innen)

Nandi, Alita
Alita Nandi is Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research. Her research interests include issues of ethnicity, identity, personality, family formation and dissolution. She has conducted empirical research in these areas using cohort and household panel datasets and published in various journals. She has been part of the Ethnicity Strand of Understanding Society since 2007. For the last few years she has taught courses on applications of data analysis and on how to use and analyse the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society datasets.

Longhi, Simonetta
Simonetta Longhi is Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex. She is also Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA) and Research Affiliate at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM). Her research interests are on migration and labour economics and she has published various journal articles using individual and household datasets. For many years she has taught courses on how to analyse the British Household Panel Survey and the Understanding Society datasets, and she is currently teaching a course on applications of data analysis.