crime.def county year crmrte prbarr prbconv prbpris avgsen polpc density taxpc west central urban pctmin80 wcon wtuc wtrd wfir wser wmfg wfed wsta wloc mix pctymle d82 d83 d84 d85 d86 d87 lcrmrte lprbarr lprbconv lprbpris lavgsen lpolpc ldensity ltaxpc lwcon lwtuc lwtrd lwfir lwser lwmfg lwfed lwsta lwloc lmix lpctymle lpctmin clcrmrte clprbarr clprbcon clprbpri clavgsen clpolpc cltaxpc clmix obs: 630 [7 year on 90 counties] 1. county county identifier 2. year 81 to 87 3. crmrte crimes committed per person 4. prbarr 'probability' of arrest 5. prbconv 'probability' of conviction 6. prbpris 'probability' of prison sentenc 7. avgsen avg. sentence, days 8. polpc police per capita 9. density people per sq. mile 10. taxpc tax revenue per capita 11. west =1 if in western N.C. 12. central =1 if in central N.C. 13. urban =1 if in SMSA 14. pctmin80 perc. minority, 1980 15. wcon weekly wage, construction 16. wtuc wkly wge, trns, util, commun 17. wtrd wkly wge, whlesle, retail trade 18. wfir wkly wge, fin, ins, real est 19. wser wkly wge, service industry 20. wmfg wkly wge, manufacturing 21. wfed wkly wge, fed employees 22. wsta wkly wge, state employees 23. wloc wkly wge, local gov emps 24. mix offense mix: face-to-face/other 25. pctymle percent young male 26. d82 =1 if year == 82 27. d83 =1 if year == 83 28. d84 =1 if year == 84 29. d85 =1 if year == 85 30. d86 =1 if year == 86 31. d87 =1 if year == 87 32. lcrmrte log(crmrte) 33. lprbarr log(prbarr) 34. lprbconv log(prbconv) 35. lprbpris log(prbpris) 36. lavgsen log(avgsen) 37. lpolpc log(polpc) 38. ldensity log(density) 39. ltaxpc log(taxpc) 40. lwcon log(wcon) 41. lwtuc log(wtuc) 42. lwtrd log(wtrd) 43. lwfir log(wfir) 44. lwser log(wser) 45. lwmfg log(wmfg) 46. lwfed log(wfed) 47. lwsta log(wsta) 48. lwloc log(wloc) 49. lmix log(mix) 50. lpctymle log(pctymle) 51. lpctmin log(pctmin) 52. clcrmrte lcrmrte - lcrmrte[t-1] 53. clprbarr lprbarr - lprbarr[t-1] 54. clprbcon lprbconv - lprbconv[t-1] 55. clprbpri lprbpri - lprbpri[t-1] 56. clavgsen lavgsen - lavgsen[t-1] 57. clpolpc lpolpc - lpolpc[t-1] 58. cltaxpc ltaxpc - ltaxpc[t-1] 59. clmix lmix - lmix[t-1] Source: These data were provided by Chris Cornwell. The data are from the paper Cornwell, C. and W. N. Trumbull, "Estimating the economic model of crime with panel data", Review of Economics and Statistics 76, 1994, 360-366. Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- county | 630 100.6 58.03627 1 197 year | 630 84 2.001589 81 87 crmrte | 630 .0315876 .0181209 .0018116 .163835 prbarr | 630 .3073682 .1712047 .0588235 2.75 prbconv | 630 .6886176 1.690345 .0683761 37 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- prbpris | 630 .4255184 .0872452 .148936 .678571 avgsen | 630 8.95454 2.658082 4.22 25.83 polpc | 630 .0019168 .0027349 .0004585 .0355781 density | 630 1.386062 1.439703 .1977186 8.827652 taxpc | 630 30.23919 11.45469 14.30256 119.7615 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- west | 630 .2333333 .4232887 0 1 central | 630 .3777778 .4852169 0 1 urban | 630 .0888889 .2848094 0 1 pctmin80 | 630 25.71285 16.90354 1.28365 64.3482 wcon | 630 245.6661 121.9837 65.62158 2324.598 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- wtuc | 630 406.1028 266.5138 28.8577 3041.958 wtrd | 630 192.8231 88.40727 16.87376 2242.747 wfir | 630 272.0593 55.76809 3.51568 509.4655 wser | 630 224.6705 104.8667 1.843794 2177.068 wmfg | 630 285.1701 82.36807 101.83 646.85 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- wfed | 630 403.8959 63.06669 255.4 597.95 wsta | 630 296.9075 53.43161 173.02 548 wloc | 630 257.9762 41.35802 163.59 388.09 mix | 630 .1393958 .2197545 .002457 4 pctymle | 630 .0889739 .0243493 .0621577 .2743584 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- d82 | 630 .1428571 .3502052 0 1 d83 | 630 .1428571 .3502052 0 1 d84 | 630 .1428571 .3502052 0 1 d85 | 630 .1428571 .3502052 0 1 d86 | 630 .1428571 .3502052 0 1 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- d87 | 630 .1428571 .3502052 0 1 lcrmrte | 630 -3.609225 .5728077 -6.31355 -1.808895 lprbarr | 630 -1.274264 .415897 -2.833214 1.011601 lprbconv | 630 -.6929193 .6095949 -2.682732 3.610918 lprbpris | 630 -.8786315 .2305144 -1.904239 -.3877662 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- lavgsen | 630 2.153344 .2737295 1.439835 3.251537 lpolpc | 630 -6.490637 .5266539 -7.687507 -3.336024 ldensity | 630 -.0159271 .7747352 -1.62091 2.177889 ltaxpc | 630 3.356385 .3082236 2.660439 4.785502 lwcon | 630 5.462869 .2481783 4.183905 7.751303 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- lwtuc | 630 5.915883 .3702186 3.362377 8.020257 lwtrd | 630 5.232423 .2143915 2.82576 7.715457 lwfir | 630 5.579433 .2772037 1.257233 6.233362 lwser | 630 5.364625 .3600984 .6118253 7.685734 lwmfg | 630 5.615181 .2727473 4.623305 6.472115 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- lwfed | 630 5.988757 .1587609 5.542831 6.393507 lwsta | 630 5.677787 .1761313 5.153407 6.306275 lwloc | 630 5.540139 .1596908 5.097363 5.961237 lmix | 630 -2.234232 .6495654 -6.008814 1.386294 lpctymle | 630 -2.443015 .1967842 -2.77808 -1.29332 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- lpctmin | 630 2.913361 .9546147 .2497076 4.164309 clcrmrte | 540 .0019976 .2029321 -1.650111 1.221304 clprbarr | 540 -.0020222 .2749094 -1.580454 1.234696 clprbcon | 540 -.0026198 .4836669 -3.045578 2.195635 clprbpri | 540 -.0094196 .2757216 -1.235608 1.131048 -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- clavgsen | 540 -.0140854 .3222582 -1.278839 1.207793 clpolpc | 540 .0129239 .2702347 -3.131716 2.42342 cltaxpc | 540 .0772976 .1683891 -.708961 .9322166 clmix | 540 -.0036775 .4943536 -2.906901 2.72867