coalIV: Coal dataset

In johnson-shuffle/mixtape: Data for Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Scott Cunningham

Coal dataset

Description

Data used in Black et al (2003) analysis of the effect of changes in demand for low-skilled workers on welfare expenditures.

Usage

coalIV

Format

A data frame with 8175 rows and 10 variables:

year

million tons coal 20+ seam

coalres

population in thousands (000)

pop

million tons coal 20+ seam

coalprice

population in thousands (000)

earn

million tons coal 20+ seam

cat

population in thousands (000)

t

million tons coal 20+ seam

state

population in thousands (000)

county

million tons coal 20+ seam

afdc

population in thousands (000)

Source

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272702000142

References

Dan A. Black, Terra G. McKinnish and Seth G. Sanders. "Does the Availability of High-wage Jobs from Low-skilled Men Affect Welfare Expenditures? Evidence from Shocks to the Steel and Coal Industries." Journal of Public Economics 87 (2003): 1921-1942

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