... cross section data. 6 .3. 1 Pooled Cross Sections over TimeA data structure that is useful for a variety of purposes, including policy analysis, iswhat we will call pooled cross sections over ... data, which we treat starting in Chapter 7. Briefly, in a panel data set we follow the samegroup of individuals, firms, cities, and so on over time. In a pooling of cross sectionsover time, there is ... data in HPRICE.RAW, which is a subset of the data used by Kiel and McClain (1995). The file conta ins housing prices and characteristicsfor two years, 1978 and 1981, for homes sold in North Andover,...