Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/129262 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Data Documentation No. 53
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper outlines a panel data retrieval program written for Stata/SE 10 or better, which allows easier accessing of complex panel data sets. Using a drop-down menu and mouse click system, the researcher selects variables from any and all available years of a panel study. The data is automatically retrieved and merged to form a "long file", which can be directly used by the Stata panel estimators. The system implements modular data cleaning programs called "plugins". Yearly updates to the data retrievals can be made automatically. Projects can be stored in libraries allowing modular administration and appending. The paper exemplifies the power of PanelWhiz using the example of the German SOEP (German Socio-Economic Panel Study).
Subjects: 
Panel data
storage
retrieval
JEL: 
C81
C87
C23
Document Type: 
Research Report

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