cps_mixtape: Observational counterpart to nsw_mixtape data

cps_mixtapeR Documentation

Observational counterpart to nsw_mixtape data

Description

Data from the Current Population Survey on participation in the National Supported Work Demonstration (NSW) job-training program experiment. This is used as an observational comparison to the NSW experimental data from the nsw_mixtape data.

Usage

cps_mixtape

Format

A data frame with 15992 rows and 11 variables

data_id

Individual ID

treat

In the National Supported Work Demonstration Job Training Program

age

Age in years

educ

Years of education

black

Race: Black

hisp

Ethnicity: Hispanic

marr

Married

nodegree

Has no degree

re74

Real earnings 1974

re75

Real earnings 1975

re78

Real earnings 1978

Details

This data is used in the Matching and Subclassification chapter of Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Cunningham.

Source

Dehejia, Rajeev H., and Sadek Wahba. 1999. “Causal Effects in Nonexperimental Studies: Reevaluating the Evaluation of Training Programs.” Journal of the American Statistical Association 94 (448): 1053–62.".

References

Cunningham. 2021. Causal Inference: The Mixtape. Yale Press. https://mixtape.scunning.com/index.html.


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