immigration              package:Zelig              R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     These five datasets are part of a larger set of 10 multiply
     imputed data sets describing individual preferences toward
     immigration policy.  Imputation was performed via Amelia.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(immi1, immi2, immi3, immi4, immi5)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    data: Calls the data sets from the sample data directory.

   immi1: 1st multiply imputed data set.

   immi2: 2nd multiply imputed data set.

   immi3: 3rd multiply imputed data set.

   immi4: 4th multiply imputed data set.

   immi5: 5th multiply imputed data set.

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     Each multiply-inputed data set consists of a table with 7
     variables ("ipip", "wage1992", "prtyid", "ideol", "gender") and
     2,485 observations.  For variable descriptions, please refer to
     Scheve and Slaugher, 2001.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     National Election Survey

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Scheve, Kenneth and Matthew Slaughter (2001). ``Labor Market
     Competition and Individual Preferences Over Immigration Policy,''
     _The Review of Economics and Statistics_, vol. 83, no. 1, pp.
     133-145.

