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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).
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A data frame with 3212 observations and 12 variables.
an indicator for whether the observed unit was in the experimental subset
an indicator for whether the individual received the treatment
age in years
schooling in years
an indicator for black
an indicator for Hispanic
an indicator for marriage status, one for married
an indicator for no high school degree
reported earnings in 1974
reported earnings in 1975
reported earnings in 1978
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.
This version of the data is from LaLonde
data in CBPS
package.
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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