A dataset containing participation rates and firm characteristics used in Papke and Wooldridge (1996).
Format
A data frame with 4734 rows and 5 variables:
- prate
participation rate, proportion
- mrate
matching rate, proportion
- totemp
total number of employees
- age
years the plan has been in place
- sole
binary indicating if it's sole plan offered by employer
References
Papke, L. E., & Wooldridge, J. M. (1996). "Econometric methods for fractional response variables with an application to 401(k) plan participation rates." Journal of Applied Econometrics, 11(6), 619-632. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1255(199611)11:6<619::AID-JAE418>3.0.CO;2-1