"""U.S. Strike Duration Data""" from statsmodels.datasets import utils as du __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext' COPYRIGHT = """This is public domain.""" TITLE = __doc__ SOURCE = """ This is a subset of the data used in Kennan (1985). It was originally published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. :: Kennan, J. 1985. "The duration of contract strikes in US manufacturing. `Journal of Econometrics` 28.1, 5-28. """ DESCRSHORT = """Contains data on the length of strikes in US manufacturing and unanticipated industrial production.""" DESCRLONG = """Contains data on the length of strikes in US manufacturing and unanticipated industrial production. The data is a subset of the data originally used by Kennan. The data here is data for the months of June only to avoid seasonal issues.""" #suggested notes NOTE = """:: Number of observations - 62 Number of variables - 2 Variable name definitions:: duration - duration of the strike in days iprod - unanticipated industrial production """ def load_pandas(): """ Load the strikes data and return a Dataset class instance. Returns ------- Dataset See DATASET_PROPOSAL.txt for more information. """ data = _get_data() return du.process_pandas(data, endog_idx=0) def load(): """ Load the strikes data and return a Dataset class instance. Returns ------- Dataset See DATASET_PROPOSAL.txt for more information. """ return load_pandas() def _get_data(): return du.load_csv(__file__,'strikes.csv').astype(float)