cps_controls: Current Population Survey (CPS) dataset

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

Current Population Survey (CPS) dataset

Description

Non-experimental control group data drawn from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Used in evaluating the NSW job training program.

Usage

cps_controls

Format

A data frame with 15992 rows and 11 variables:

data_id

= "CPS1"

treat

= 1 for treatment

age

age in years

education

years of schooling

black

= 1 if black

hispanic

= 1 if hispanic

married

= 1 if married

nodegree

= 1 if high school

re74

earnings in 1974

re75

earnings in 1975

re78

earnings in 1978

Source

http://www.uh.edu/~adkugler/Dehejia&Wahba.pdf

References

Rajeev H. Dehejia and Sadek Wahba. "Propensity Score-Matching Methods for Nonexperimental Causal Studies." Review of Economics and Statistics 84.1 (2002): 151-161.

LaLonde, Robert J. "Evaluating the Econometric Evaluations of Training Programs with Experimental Data." American Economic Review 76.4 (1986): 604-620.

See Also

lalonde_1986, nsw_dw, psid_controls

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