men8305: Sample of male wage data from the CPS 1983-1985 and 2003-2005
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Sample of male wage data from the CPS 1983-1985 and 2003-2005
Description
A sample of the the Merged Outgoing Rotation Group of the
Current Population Survey from 1983 to 1985 and 2003 to 2005, respectively,
used as example by Fortin, Lemieux & Firpo (2011) in their handbook chapter.
The data set contains a selection of 8 variables and a sample of 40,347 observations
of male workers (i.e., a tenth of the origninal data set).
Usage
men8305
Format
A data frame with 40,347 rows and 8 variables.
- wage
Hourly wage in US dollars at constant prices
- union
Union status indicator
- education
Factor variable with 6 education levels: high-school graduates (reference), elementary, high-school dropouts , some college, college graduates, post college graduates
- experience
Factor variable with 9 potential experience levels, each of five years gap, 20 to 24 years as reference level)
- married
Married indicator
- nonwhite
Non-white indicator
- year
Indicator distinguishing pooled observations from the 1983 to 1985 period and those from 2003 to 2005
- weights
CPS sample weights
Source
Fortin, Nicole M., Thomas Lemieux, and Firpo Segio. 2011.
"Decomposition Methods in Economics." In Orley Ashenfelter and David Card, eds.,
Handbook of Labor Economics, Volume 4a., Chapter 1, 1-102.
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Sample of male wage data from the CPS 1983-1985 and 2003-2005
Description
A sample of the the Merged Outgoing Rotation Group of the Current Population Survey from 1983 to 1985 and 2003 to 2005, respectively, used as example by Fortin, Lemieux & Firpo (2011) in their handbook chapter. The data set contains a selection of 8 variables and a sample of 40,347 observations of male workers (i.e., a tenth of the origninal data set).
Usage
men8305
Format
A data frame with 40,347 rows and 8 variables.
- wage
Hourly wage in US dollars at constant prices
- union
Union status indicator
- education
Factor variable with 6 education levels: high-school graduates (reference), elementary, high-school dropouts , some college, college graduates, post college graduates
- experience
Factor variable with 9 potential experience levels, each of five years gap, 20 to 24 years as reference level)
- married
Married indicator
- nonwhite
Non-white indicator
- year
Indicator distinguishing pooled observations from the 1983 to 1985 period and those from 2003 to 2005
- weights
CPS sample weights
Source
Fortin, Nicole M., Thomas Lemieux, and Firpo Segio. 2011. "Decomposition Methods in Economics." In Orley Ashenfelter and David Card, eds., Handbook of Labor Economics, Volume 4a., Chapter 1, 1-102.
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