This is the readme.txt for the replication kit accompanying:

      Lachanski, Michael. "Point Estimation of Certain Measures in Organizational Demography Using Variable-r Methods", forthcoming in Demographic Research.

The supplemental .zip archive for this publication contains the following files. I used R 4.3.2. R packages may not be compatible with earlier versions or later updates.

1. R main program file to call other files
      Script/main.R 

2. R program file read in utility functions
      Script/functions.R 

3. R program file to make datasets - you must add your BLS API key to this script to download the JOLTS data
      Script/make_dataset.R 

4. R program file to conduct analyses
      Script/analysis.R 

5. R program file to make tables reported in paper
      Script/tables.R 

6. Input IPUMS CPS extract used in the analysis
      RawData/CPS/cps_00112.dta

      These data are a subsample of the IPUMS CPS data available from cps.ipums.org. Any use of these data should be cited as follows:

	     Sarah Flood, Miriam King, Renae Rodgers, Steven Ruggles, J. Robert Warren, and Michael Westberry (2022). Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Current Population Survey: Version 10.0 [dataset]. 	Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. https://doi.org/10.18128/D030.V10.0

      The attached data file is intended only for replication purposes. Individuals are not to redistribute the data without permission. Contact ipums@umn.edu for redistribution requests. For all other uses of these data, please access data directly via cps.ipums.org.

7. Table 3 Excel Output
	Tables/table3.xlsx

8. Table 4 Excel Output
	Tables/table4.xlsx

9. Table 5 Excel Output
	Tables/table5.xlsx

10. Table 6 Excel Output
	Tables/table6.xlsx