R: National Supported Work Study Experimental Data
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National Supported Work Study Experimental Data
Description
This data set gives the outcomes a well as treatment assignments and covariates for the National Supported Work Study, as analyzed in LaLonde (1986).
Usage
data
Format
A data frame consisting of 12 columns (including a treatment assignment vector) and 2787 observations.
outcome
integer
whether earnings in 1978 are larger than in 1975
0,1
treat
integer
whether the individual received the treatment
0,1
age
numeric
age in years
educ
numeric
education in years
black
factor
black or not
0,1
hisp
factor
hispanic or not
0,1
white
factor
white or not
0,1
marr
factor
married or not
0,1
nodegr
factor
an indicator for no high school degree
0,1
log.re75
numeric
log of earnings in 1975
u75
factor
unemployed in 1975
0,1
wts.extrap
numeric
extrapolation weights to the 1978 Panel Study for Income Dynamics dataset
Source
Data from the National Supported Work Study. A benchmark matching dataset. 1975 earnings are pre-treatment.
References
LaLonde, R.J. 1986. “Evaluating the econometric evaulations of training programs with experimental data."" American Economic Review, Vol.76, No.4, pp. 604-620.