This dataset contains 90 observations on various crime-related indicators and covariates. One observation corresponds to one U.S. county. All observations are from the year 1987, except for crmrte86. Extracted from cornwell.raw, cornwell.des accompanying the book Wooldridge 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- variable name variable label ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- county county identifier crmrte crimes committed per person prbarr 'probability' of arrest prbconv 'probability' of conviction prbpris 'probability' of prison sentenc avgsen avg. sentence, days polpc police per capita popdens people per sq. mile taxpc tax revenue per capita wcon weekly wage, construction wtuc wkly wge, trns, util, commun wtrd wkly wge, whlesle, retail trade wfir wkly wge, fin, ins, real est wser wkly wge, service industry wmfg wkly wge, manufacturing wfed wkly wge, fed employees wsta wkly wge, state employees wloc wkly wge, local gov emps crmrte86 crimes committed per person in 1986