jobcorps: Data on health and employment outcomes measured as part of...

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Data on health and employment outcomes measured as part of the U.S. Job Corps employment training experiment.

Description

A dataset to replicate the analysis in Huber (2014).

A dataset to replicate the analysis in Huber (2014).

Usage

data(jobcorps)

data(jobcorps)

Format

A data frame with 10025 observations and 62 variables.

A data frame with 10025 observations and 62 variables.

Details

• treat. 1 = in program group. 0 = in control group.

• schobef. "in school 1yr before eligibility"

• trainyrbef. "training in year before Job Corps"

• jobeverbef. "ever had a job before Job Corps"

• jobyrbef. "job in year before job corps"

• health012. "good or very good health at assignment"

• health0mis. "general health at assignment missing"

• pe_prb0. "physical/emotional problems at assignment"

• pe_prb0mis. "missing - physical/emotional problems at assignment"

• everalc. "ever abused alcohol before assignment"

• alc12. "alcohol abuse one yr after assignment"

• everilldrugs. "ever took illegal drugs before assignment"

• age_cat. "age at application in years 16-24"

• edumis. "education missing"

• eduhigh. "higher education"

• rwhite. "white"

• everarr. "ever arrested before Job Corps"

• hhsize. "household size at assignment"

• hhsizemis. "household size at assignment missing"

• hhinc12. "low household income at assignment"

• hhinc8. "high household income at assignment"

• fdstamp. "received foodstamps in yr before assignment"

• welf1. "once on welfare while growing up"

• welf2. "twice on welfare while growing up"

• publicass. "public assistance in yr before assignment"

• emplq. "worked some time 9-12 months after assignment"

• emplq4full. "worked all the time in 9-12 months after assignment"

• pemplq4. "proportion of weeks worked 9-12 months after assignment"

• pemplq4mis. "missing - proportion of weeks worked 9-12 months after assignment"

• vocq4. "in vocational training 9-12 months after assignment"

• vocq4mis. "missing - in vocational training 9-12 months after assignment"

• health1212. "very good or good health 1 yr after assignment"

• health123. "fair health 1 yr after assignment"

• pe_prb12. "1=phys/emot probs at 12 mths 0=no prob"

• pe_prb12mis. "missing - physical/emotional problems 1 yr after assignment"

• narry1. "number of arrests in year 1"

• numkidhhf1zero. "no own kids living in household 1 yr after assignment"

• numkidhhf1onetwo. "one or two own kids living in household 1 yr after assignment"

• pubhse12. "1=in public housing 1 yr after assignment, 0=not in"

• h_ins12a. "afdc and other transfers one yr after assignment"

• h_ins12amis. "missing - afdc and other transfers one yr after assignment"

• ... other variables as annotated in the source.

• treat. 1 = in program group. 0 = in control group.

• schobef. "in school 1yr before eligibility"

• trainyrbef. "training in year before Job Corps"

• jobeverbef. "ever had a job before Job Corps"

• jobyrbef. "job in year before job corps"

• health012. "good or very good health at assignment"

• health0mis. "general health at assignment missing"

• pe_prb0. "physical/emotional problems at assignment"

• pe_prb0mis. "missing - physical/emotional problems at assignment"

• everalc. "ever abused alcohol before assignment"

• alc12. "alcohol abuse one yr after assignment"

• everilldrugs. "ever took illegal drugs before assignment"

• age_cat. "age at application in years 16-24"

• edumis. "education missing"

• eduhigh. "higher education"

• rwhite. "white"

• everarr. "ever arrested before Job Corps"

• hhsize. "household size at assignment"

• hhsizemis. "household size at assignment missing"

• hhinc12. "low household income at assignment"

• hhinc8. "high household income at assignment"

• fdstamp. "received foodstamps in yr before assignment"

• welf1. "once on welfare while growing up"

• welf2. "twice on welfare while growing up"

• publicass. "public assistance in yr before assignment"

• emplq. "worked some time 9-12 months after assignment"

• emplq4full. "worked all the time in 9-12 months after assignment"

• pemplq4. "proportion of weeks worked 9-12 months after assignment"

• pemplq4mis. "missing - proportion of weeks worked 9-12 months after assignment"

• vocq4. "in vocational training 9-12 months after assignment"

• vocq4mis. "missing - in vocational training 9-12 months after assignment"

• health1212. "very good or good health 1 yr after assignment"

• health123. "fair health 1 yr after assignment"

• pe_prb12. "1=phys/emot probs at 12 mths 0=no prob"

• pe_prb12mis. "missing - physical/emotional problems 1 yr after assignment"

• narry1. "number of arrests in year 1"

• numkidhhf1zero. "no own kids living in household 1 yr after assignment"

• numkidhhf1onetwo. "one or two own kids living in household 1 yr after assignment"

• pubhse12. "1=in public housing 1 yr after assignment, 0=not in"

• h_ins12a. "afdc and other transfers one yr after assignment"

• h_ins12amis. "missing - afdc and other transfers one yr after assignment"

• ... other variables as annotated in the source.

Source

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References

Huber, M. (2014). Identifying causal mechanisms (primarily) based on inverse probability weighting. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 29(6), 920-943. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1002/jae.2341")}

Huber, M. (2014). Identifying causal mechanisms (primarily) based on inverse probability weighting. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 29(6), 920-943. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1002/jae.2341")}

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