koopLME: Koop and Tobias (2004) Labor Market Experience Data

Description Usage Format Source

Description

The data file is in two parts. The first file contains the panel of 17,919 observations on the Person ID and 4 time-varying variables. The second file contains time invariant variables for the individual or the 2,178 households. The data were downloaded from the Journal of Applied Econometrics archive website. The two data sets are merged in the .csv and .lpj files noted. See Koop, G. and J. Tobias, "Learning About Heterogeneity in Returns to Schooling," Journal of Applied Econometrics, 19, 2004, pp. 827-849.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 17919 rows and 10 variables:

PERSONID

Person id, ranging from 1 to 2,178

EDUC

Education

LOGWAGE

Log of hourly wage

POTEXPER

Potential experience

TIMETRND

Time trend

ABILITY

Ability

MOTHERED

Mother's education

FATHERED

Father's education

BRKNHOME

Dummy variable for residence in a broken home

SIBLINGS

Number of siblings

Source

http://people.stern.nyu.edu/wgreene/Econometrics/PanelDataSets.htm


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