This is a data set on regional wages and the regional levels of the cost of living. The data set covers the 401 counties and cities of Germany.
data.regional
A data frame with 401 observations on the following seven variables:
id | identifies the region. |
region | the German name of the region. |
area | the region's area (in square kilometers). |
pop | the region's population in 2019. |
coli | the region's index number of the cost of living in May 2019 (German average = 100). |
wage | the region's median wage in December 2016 (in euro). |
unempl | the region's unemployment rate in December 2016 (in percent). |
In Auer et al. (2024, Chap. 22) these data are used to illustrate the estimation of simultaneous equations models.
Auer, L.v., Hoffmann, S. & Kranz, T. (2024): Ökonometrie - Das R-Arbeitsbuch, 2nd ed., Springer-Gabler (https://www.oekonometrie-lernen.de).
Auer, L.v., Weinand, S. (2022): A nonlinear generalization of the Country-Product-Dummy method, Discussion Paper No. 45/2022, Deutsche Bundesbank.
Fuchs, M. (2018): Aktuelle Daten und Indikatoren - Regionale Lohnunterschiede zwischen Männern und Frauen in Deutschland, Februar 2018, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB).