njmin: Data from the Card and Krueger 1994 paper _Minimum Wages and...

Description Usage Format Source

Description

This dataset was downloaded and distributed with the permission of David Card. The original data contains 410 observations and 46 variables. The data distributed in this package is exactly the same, but was changed from a wide to a long dataset, which is better suited for manipulation with tidyverse functions.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 820 rows and 28 variables:

sheet

Sheet number (unique store id).

chain

The fastfood chain: bk is Burger King, kfc is Kentucky Fried Chicken, wendys is Wendy's, roys is Roy Rogers.

state

State where the restaurant is located.

region

pa1 is northeast suburbs of Phila, pa2 is Easton etc, centralj is central NJ, northj is northern NJ, southj is south NJ.

observation

Date of first (February 1992) and second (November 1992) observation.

co_owned

"Yes" if company owned.

ncalls

Number of call-backs. Is 0 if contacted on first call.

empft

Number full-time employees.

emppt

Number part-time employees.

nmgrs

Number of managers/assistant managers.

wage_st

Starting wage ($/hr).

inctime

Months to usual first raise.

firstinc

Usual amount of first raise (\$/hr).

bonus

"Yes" if cash bounty for new workers.

pctaff

% of employees affected by new minimum.

meals

Free/reduced priced code.

open

Hour of opening.

hrsopen

Number of hours open per day.

psode

Price of medium soda, including tax.

pfry

Price of small fries, including tax.

pentree

Price of entree, including tax.

nregs

Number of cash registers in store.

nregs11

Number of registers open at 11:00 pm.

type

Type of 2nd interview.

status

Status of 2nd interview.

date

Date of 2nd interview.

nregs11

"Yes" if special program for new workers.

Source

http://davidcard.berkeley.edu/data_sets.html


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