LaLonde: LaLonde data set

Description Usage Format Source References

Description

Data from the National Supported Work Demonstration Program and the Panel Study for Income Dynamics. A benchmark data set, which is extensively analyzed by LaLonde (1986), Dehejia and Wahba (1999), and Imai and Ratkovic (2014).

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 3212 observations and 12 variables.

exper

an indicator for whether the observed unit was in the experimental subset

treat

an indicator for whether the individual received the treatment

age

age in years

educ

schooling in years

black

an indicator for black

hisp

an indicator for Hispanic

married

an indicator for marriage status, one for married

nodegr

an indicator for no high school degree

re74

reported earnings in 1974

re75

reported earnings in 1975

re78

reported earnings in 1978

re74.miss

an indicator for whether the 1974 earnings variable is missing

Data not missing 1974 earnings are the Dehejia-Wahba subsample of the LaLonde data. Missing values for 1974 earnings set to zero. 1974 and 1975 earnings are pre-treatment. 1978 earnings is taken as the outcome variable.

Source

This version of the data is from LaLonde data in CBPS package.

References

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.

Imai, Kosuke and Marc Ratkovic. 2014. "Covariate Balancing Propensity Score." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Statistical Methodology) 76 (1): 243–63.

LaLonde, Robert J. 1986. "Evaluating the Econometric Evaluations of Training Programs with Experimental Data." American Economic Review 76 (4): 604–20.


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