Description

A random sample from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014). It contains information on wages, family status, and work experience for a random sample of men. For a description of the original dataset and variable construction see Ludwig and Bruederl (2018).

Usage

Format

A data frame with 3100 observations and 17 variables:

id

unique person identifier

year

survey year

lnw

natural log of hourly wage rate

exp

work experience in current job, in years

expq

work experience in current job squared

marry

family status (=0 if not married, =1 if married)

evermarry

indicator if ever married (=0 if never married, =1 if married at some point)

enrol

current erolment in education (=0 not enroled, =1 enroled)

yeduc

years of formal education

age

respondents current age

cohort

respondents birth cohort

yeargr

grouped year (1=1979-1980, 2=1981-1985, 3=1986-1990, 4=1991-1995, 5=1996-2000)

yeargr1

dummy indicating grouped year=1

yeargr2

dummy indicating grouped year=2

yeargr3

dummy indicating grouped year=3

yeargr4

dummy indicating grouped year=4

yeargr5

dummy indicating grouped year=5

Source

Ludwig and Bruederl (2018)

References

Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014). National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort, 1979-2012 (rounds 1-23). Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Ludwig V, Bruederl J (2018). “Is There a Male Marital Wage Premium? New Evidence from the United States.” American Sociological Review, 83(4), 744–770. ISSN 0003-1224, doi: 10.1177/0003122418784909, https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122418784909.