ProducR Documentation

US States Production

Description

A panel of 48 observations from 1970 to 1986

total number of observations : 816

observation : regional

country : United States

Usage

data(Produc)

Format

A data frame containing :

state

the state

year

the year

pcap

private capital stock

hwy

highway and streets

water

water and sewer facilities

util

other public buildings and structures

pc

public capital

gsp

gross state products

emp

labor input measured by the employement in non–agricultural payrolls

unemp

state unemployment rate

Source

Online complements to Baltagi (2001).

http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileychi/baltagi/.

References

Baltagi, Badi H. (2003) Econometric analysis of panel data, 2nd ed. John Wiley and Sons,

Baltagi, B. H. and N. Pinnoi (1995) “Public capital stock and state productivity growth: further evidence”, Empirical Economics, 20, 351–359.

Munnell, A.H. (1990) “Why has productivity growth declined? Productivity and public investment”, New England Economic Review, 3–22.