[R] creating lagged variable in panel data

[R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt@gmail.com>]

Of course:

colnames(dats)[4] <- "new name"

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On Aug 29, 2012, at 9:34 AM, "Alok K Bohara, PhD" <bohara at unm.edu> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I found an example in R to create a lagged panel data set which works fine.  The only problem is that it adds the lagged variable as follows
> 
> wage2.dat
> 
>          year person        wage        lag(wage, -1)
> 1.1  1980      1 -0.75843997            NA
> 1.2  1981      1  0.27233048   -0.75843997
> 1.3  1982      1 -1.58335767    0.27233048
> 1.4  1983      1  0.36805926   -1.58335767
> 1.5  1984      1 -0.52312153    0.36805926
> 2.6  1980      2 -0.53559110            NA
> 2.7  1981      2 -0.94935350   -0.53559110
> 2.8  1982      2  0.10486688   -0.94935350
> 2.9  1983      2 -0.50266443    0.10486688
> 2.10 1984      2  0.14644024   -0.50266443
> .
> .
> 
> Is there anyway  I could rename the last column      wag.lag1? Thanks.
> 
> 
> Best,
> Alok
> 
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