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Data from "Government Transfers and Political Support"
Description
The gov_transfers data contains data from Manacorda, Miguel, and Vigorito (2011) on government transfer program that was administered based on an income cutoff. Data is pre-limited to households that were just around the income cutoff.
Usage
gov_transfers
Format
A data frame with 1948 rows and 5 variables
- Income_Centered
Income measure, centered around program cutoff (negative value = eligible)
- Education
Household average years of education among those 16+
- Age
Household average age
- Participation
Participation in transfers
- Support
Measure of support for the government
Details
This data is used in the Regression Discontinuity chapter of The Effect.
Source
Manacorda, M., Miguel, E. and Vigorito, A., 2011. Government transfers and political support. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 3(3), pp.1-28.
References
Huntington-Klein. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. https://theeffectbook.net.