math_reform {bacondecomp}

Aggregated data from Goodman (In Press)

Description

A data set containing state/year level data on an educational reform and future income. This is an aggregated version of the data used by Goodman (2019, JOLE) to estimate the effect of compulsory high school math coursework on future earnings.

Usage

math_reform

Format

A data.frame with 520 observations and 5 variables

state

The state (unit of analysis).

class

The high school class (time).

reform_math

Indicator for whether the reform was in place for the state/class.

reformyr_math

The year the math reform was first implemented for the state. Set to NA if never implemented.

incearn_ln

Natural log of future income.