lfp {UPG}

Female labor force participation data.

Description

A dataset containing socio-economic characteristics as well as a labor force participation dummy for 753 married women from the panel study of income dynamics.

Usage

lfp

Format

A data frame with 753 rows and 9 variables:

lfp

binary indicator for participating in the labor force (=1) or not (=0)

intercept

intercept

k5

number of children 5 years old or younger

k618

number of children 6 to 18 years old

age

age in years

wc

binary indicator for college education of the wife

hc

binary indicator for college education of the husband

lwg

log expected wage rate; for women in the labor force, the actual wage rate; for women not in the labor force, an imputed value based on a regression of lwg on the other variables

inc

family income exclusive of wife's income

Source

Data taken from 'carData' package. Also known as the 'Mroz' dataset. Mroz, T. A. (1987) The sensitivity of an empirical model of married women's hours of work to economic and statistical assumptions. Econometrica 55, 765-799.