cardkrueger: Data set for Card & Krueger (1994).

In iangow/lmwr: Data sets for "Learning Microeconometrics with R"

Description

Card & Krueger (1994) use geography as the "as if" random treatment assignment to study the effect on employment in fast food restaurants caused by an increase in the state minimum wage in New Jersey in the year of 1992.

Usage

cardkrueger

Format

A data frame with 410 rows and 46 variables:

sheet

sheet number (unique store id)

chain

chain 1=bk; 2=kfc; 3=roys; 4=wendys

co_owned

1 if company owned

state

1 if NJ; 0 if Pa

southj

1 if in southern NJ

centralj

1 if in central NJ

northj

1 if in northern NJ

pa1

1 if in PA, northeast suburbs of Phila

pa2

1 if in PA, Easton etc

shore

1 if on NJ shore

ncalls

number of call-backs

empft

Num full-time employees

emppt

Num part-time employees

nmgrs

Num managers/ass't managers

wage_st

starting wage ($/hr)

inctime

months to usual first raise

firstinc

usual amount of first raise ($/hr)

bonus

1 if cash bounty for new workers

pctaff

percent employees affected by new minimum

meal

free/reduced price code (See below)

open

hour of opening

hrsopen

number hrs open per day

psoda

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 am

type2

type 2nd interview 1=phone; 2=personal

status2

status of second interview: see below

date2

date of second interview MMDDYY format

hrsopen2

number hrs open per day

ncalls2

number of call-backs*

empft2

Num full-time employees

emppt2

Num part-time employees

nmgrs2

Num managers/ass't managers

wage_st2

starting wage ($/hr)

inctime2

months to usual first raise

firstin2

usual amount of first raise ($/hr)

special2

1 if special program for new workers

meals2

free/reduced price code (See below)

open2r

hour of opening

psoda2

price of medium soda, including tax

pfry2

price of small fries, including tax

pentree2

price of entree, including tax

nregs2

number of cash registers in store

nregs112

number of registers open at 11:00 am

Source

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

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