| lalonde.exp {causalsens} | R Documentation |
Experimental data from the job training program first studied by LaLonde (1986)
Description
A dataset of units in an experimental evaluation of a job training program. Subset to those units with two years of pre-treatment income data.
Usage
data(lalonde.exp)
Format
A data frame with 445 rows and 12 variables
Details
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age- age in years. -
education- number of years of schooling. -
black- 1 if black, 0 otherwise. -
hispanic- 1 if Hispanic, 0 otherwise. -
married- 1 if married, 0 otherwise. -
nodegree- 1 if no high school degree, 0 otherwise. -
re74- earnings ($) in 1974. -
re75- earnings ($) in 1975. -
re78- earnings ($) in 1978. -
u74- 1 if unemployed in 1974, 0 otherwise. -
u75- 1 if unemployed in 1975, 0 otherwise. -
treat- 1 if treated, 0 otherwise.
References
LaLonde, Robert J. (1986). Evaluating the Econometric Evaluations of Training Programs with Experimental Data. The American Economic Review, 76(4), 604–620.