Stixbox Function

datas10 - Cost-of-Living Data

Calling Sequence

x = datas10()

Description

Source:      Beck, J.H. and Quan, N.T. (1983)
Taken From:  Quan, N.T. (1988), JBES, 6, 4, 501-504.
Dimension:   38 observations on 8 variables

Description: A study of the effects of right-to-work laws and geographic
             differences on the cost of living.  Observations are for the
             following cities:
        1 Atlanta             14 Dayton                  27 New York
        2 Austin              15 Denver                  28 Orlando
        3 Bakersfield         16 Detroit                 29 Philadelphia
        4 Baltimore           17 Green Bay               30 Pittsburgh
        5 Baton Rouge         18 Hartford                31 Portland
        6 Boston              19 Houston                 32 St. Louis
        7 Buffalo             20 Indianapolis            33 San Diego
        8 Champaign-Urbana    21 Kansas City             34 San Francisco
        9 Cedar Rapids        22 Lancaster, PA           35 Seattle
       10 Chicago             23 Los Angeles             36 Washington
       11 Cincinnati          24 Milwaukee               37 Wichita
       12 Cleveland           25 Minneapolis, St. Paul   38 Raleigh-Durham
       13 Dalas               26 Nashville

Column       Definition
  1     Population density in the ith SMSA, in 1975, in terms of persons
        per square mile. From U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1978, County and
        City Data Book, 1977.
  2     State Unionization rate in 12978.  From the U. S. Bureau of Labor
        Statistics, Handbook of Labor Statistics, December 1980, p. 414.
  3     Total population in the ith SMSA, in 1975.  From the US Bureau of
        the Census, 1978, County and City Data Book, 1977.
  4     The average cost of living for a four-person family living on an
        intermediate budget in the ith SMSA in 1978.  From the US Bureau
        of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1979.
  5     The 1972 per capita level of property taxes in the ith SMSA.  From
        the US Bureau of the Census, 1978, County and City Data Book, 1977.
        Except New York and Washington, DC, data were from the U.S. Bureau
        of Census, 1974.
  6     The 1974 per capita income in the ith SMSA.  From the US Bureau of
        the Census, 1978, County and City Data Book, 1977.
  7     Temperature is measured as average annual degree days, 1931-1960.
        From the US Weather Bureau, 1962, Decennial Census of United States
        Climate - Monthly Normals of Temperature, Precipitation, and
        Heating Degree Days.
        (Due to lack of published data for Champaign, IL, Cedar Rapids, IA,
        and Lancaster, PA, degree days for Springfield, IL, Waterloo, IA,
        and Harrisburg, PA, respectively, were used for the missing data.)
  8     A dummy variable with a value of 1, if there is right-to-work
        legislation in the state where the ith SMSA is located, 0 otherwise
        From the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1980, Handbook of Labor
        Statistics, December 1980, p. 414.