wages1833                package:DAAG                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'wages1833' data frame gives the wages  of Lancashire cotton
     factory workers in 1833.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     wages1833

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _a_g_e age in years

     _m_n_u_m number of male workers

     _m_w_a_g_e average wage of male workers

     _f_n_u_m number of female workers

     _f_w_a_g_e average wage of female workers

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Boot, H.M. 1995. How Skilled Were the Lancashire Cotton Factory
     Workers in 1833? Economic History Review 48: 283-303.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     attach(wages1833)
     plot(mwage~age,ylim=range(c(mwage,fwage[fwage>0])))
     points(fwage[fwage>0]~age[fwage>0],pch=15,col="red")
     lines(lowess(age,mwage))
     lines(lowess(age[fwage>0],fwage[fwage>0]),col="red")

