BMisc (version 1.4.2)

makeBalancedPanel: Balance a Panel Data Set

Description

This function drops observations from data.frame that are not part of balanced panel data set.

Usage

makeBalancedPanel(data, idname, tname)

Arguments

data

data.frame used in function

idname

unique id

tname

time period name

Value

data.frame that is a balanced panel

Examples

# NOT RUN {
id <- rep(seq(1,100,1),2) ## individual ids for setting up a two period panel
t <- rep(seq(1,2),100) ## time periods
y <- rnorm(200) ## outcomes
dta <- data.frame(id=id, t=t, y=y) ## make into data frame
dta <- dta[-7,] ## drop the 7th row from the dataset (which creates an unbalanced panel)
dta <- makeBalancedPanel(dta, idname="id", tname="t")

# }