panel2cs2

panel2cs2 takes a 2 period dataset and turns it
 into a cross sectional dataset; i.e., long to wide.
 This function considers a particular case where there is some outcome
 whose value can change over time. It returns the dataset from the first
 period with the outcome in the second period and the change in outcomes
 over time appended to it

These are miscellaneous functions for working with panel data, quantiles, and printing results.  For panel data, the package includes functions for making a panel data balanced (that is, dropping missing individuals that have missing observations in any time period), converting id numbers to row numbers, and to treat repeated cross sections as panel data under the assumption of rank invariance.  For quantiles, there are functions to make distribution functions from a set of data points (this is particularly useful when a distribution function is created in several steps), to combine distribution functions based on some external weights, and to invert distribution functions.  Finally, there are several other miscellaneous functions for obtaining weighted means, weighted distribution functions, and weighted quantiles; to generate summary statistics and their differences for two groups; and to add or drop covariates from formulas.

Brantly Callaway

BMisc

Miscellaneous Functions for Panel Data, Quantiles, and Printing
Results

panel2cs2 function

<dl><dt>data</dt>
<dd>data.frame used in function</dd>
<dt>yname</dt>
<dd>name of outcome variable that can change over time</dd>
<dt>idname</dt>
<dd>unique id</dd>
<dt>tname</dt>
<dd>time period name</dd>
<dt>balance_panel</dt>
<dd>whether to ensure that panel is balanced. Default is TRUE, but code runs somewhat
faster if this is set to be FALSE.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Panel Data to Repeated Cross Sections — panel2cs2

<dl>

<dt>data</dt>
<dd>data.frame used in function</dd>


<dt>yname</dt>
<dd>name of outcome variable that can change over time</dd>


<dt>idname</dt>
<dd>unique id</dd>


<dt>tname</dt>
<dd>time period name</dd>


<dt>balance_panel</dt>
<dd>whether to ensure that panel is balanced. Default is TRUE, but code runs somewhat
faster if this is set to be FALSE.</dd>

</dl>

panel2cs2: Panel Data to Repeated Cross Sections

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