| cps_mixtape {causaldata} | R Documentation |
Observational counterpart to nsw_mixtape data
Description
Data from the Current Population Survey on participation in the National Supported Work Demonstration (NSW) job-training program experiment. This is used as an observational comparison to the NSW experimental data from the nsw_mixtape data.
Usage
cps_mixtape
Format
A data frame with 15992 rows and 11 variables
- data_id
Individual ID
- treat
In the National Supported Work Demonstration Job Training Program
- age
Age in years
- educ
Years of education
- black
Race: Black
- hisp
Ethnicity: Hispanic
- marr
Married
- nodegree
Has no degree
- re74
Real earnings 1974
- re75
Real earnings 1975
- re78
Real earnings 1978
Details
This data is used in the Matching and Subclassification chapter of Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Cunningham.
Source
Dehejia, Rajeev H., and Sadek Wahba. 1999. “Causal Effects in Nonexperimental Studies: Reevaluating the Evaluation of Training Programs.” Journal of the American Statistical Association 94 (448): 1053–62.".
References
Cunningham. 2021. Causal Inference: The Mixtape. Yale Press. https://mixtape.scunning.com/index.html.