Panel Comparability Project Database
The Panel Comparability Project Database – prepared by CEPS/INSTEAD (Luxembourg) – provides international comparative data from national household panels in France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Spain, the UK and the USA. The aim of the project is "the creation of a harmonised and standardised micro-database, from existing longitudinal studies on living conditions of households". The following panel studies are included:
British Household Panel Study (BHPS), 1991-1993
Enquete Socio-Economique des Menages en Lorraine/France (ESEML), 1985-1990
Hungarian Household Panel Study (HHP), 1992-1994
Polish Household Panel Study, 1987-1990 (PHP)
Panel Socio-Economique Liewen zu Letzebuerg/Luxembourg (PSELL), 1985-1992
Panel Study of Income Dynamics/USA (PSID), 1983-1987
German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), 1984-1991
Data coverage is from 1983 to 1993.
Information about the project is available on this CEPS/INSTEAD web page|.
Access to this data is restricted to current EUI members who have completed the registration procedure, as follows:
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Complete the online EUI Data Registration Form (selecting 'Panel Comparability Project Database' from the dropdown menu)
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Sign the EUI 'Conditions of Use' agreement and the 'Confidentiality Declaration' at the Badia Library (Economics Office, 085).
Registered current EUI members| can access the data directly from the K:\drive|.
PACO data files are in Stata *.dta format.
Consult this online Tutorial on Loading and Using Data on Windows|.
Stata 10 manuals are located at 005.369 in both the VSP Reference Library and the Badia Library.
Stata 11 software and manuals are due for delivery in autumn 2009.
The Stata Bulletin| is at SER 51 on the garden floor of the Badia Library.
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu|