Description

a cross-section from 1980

number of observations : 758

observation : individuals

country : United States

Usage

Format

A dataframe containing :

rns

residency in the southern states (first observation) ?

rns80

same variable for 1980

mrt

married (first observation) ?

mrt80

same variable for 1980

smsa

residency in metropolitan areas (first observation) ?

smsa80

same variable for 1980

med

mother's education in years

iq

IQ score

kww

score on the “knowledge of the world of work” test

year

year of the observation

age

age (first observation)

age80

same variable for 1980

school

completed years of schooling (first observation)

school80

same variable for 1980

expr

experience in years (first observation)

expr80

same variable for 1980

tenure

tenure in years (first observation)

tenure80

same variable for 1980

lw

log wage (first observation)

lw80

same variable for 1980

Source

Blackburn, M. and Neumark D. (1992) “Unobserved ability, efficiency wages, and interindustry wage differentials”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 107, 1421-1436.

References

Hayashi, F. (2000) Econometrics, Princeton University Press, http://fhayashi.fc2web.com/hayashi_econometrics.htm, chapter 3, 250-256.

See Also

Index.Source, Index.Economics, Index.Econometrics, Index.Observations