Current Population Survey 1978 & 1985

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Description

The Current Population Survey (CPS) is used to supplement census information between census years. These data consist of a random sample of persons from the CPS78 and CPS85, with information on wages and other characteristics of the workers, including sex, number of years of education, years of work experience, occupational status, region of residence and union membership.

Usage

library("rio")
#cps <- import("https://shinyapps.hu-berlin.de/u/stat/data/cps_78_85.sav")
#head(cps)

Format

The data set contains data of 237 children between 11 and 20 years.

Variable | Meaning -------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- educ | Number of years of education south | Indicator variable for Southern Region nonwhite | Indicator variable for non-whites female | Indicator variable for sex married | Marital Status exper | Number of years of work experience expersq | Number of years of work experience squared union | Indicator variable for union membership lwage | Log(Wage), wage in dollars per hour age | Age (years) year | Year of survey, either 78 or 85

Source

• Modified version from Statlib

References

Berndt, E.R. (1991). The Practice of Econometrics. New York: Addison-Wesley.

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