LLvsPSID {cem}

Lalonde treated units versus PSID control individuals

Description

The Lalonde set of treated units versus PSID (Panel Study of Income Dynamics) control individuals

Usage

data(LLvsPSID)

Format

A data frame with 2787 observations on the following 10 variables.

treated

treated variable indicator

age

age

education

years of education

black

race indicator variable

married

marital status indicator variable

nodegree

indicator variable of not possessing a degree

re74

real earnings in 1974

re75

real earnings in 1975

re78

real earnings in 1978 (post treatment outcome)

hispanic

ethnic indicator variable

u74

unemployment in 1974 indicator variable

u75

unemployment in 1975 indicator variable

Details

These two sets of treated and control units can be hardly matched.

Source

see references

References

Iacus, King, Porro (2011) doi:10.1198/jasa.2011.tm09599

Iacus, King, Porro (2012) doi:10.1093/pan/mpr013

Iacus, King, Porro (2019) doi:10.1017/pan.2018.29

Lalonde (1986) Evaluating the Econometric Evaluations of Training Programs with Experimental Data, The American Economic Review, 76(4), 604-620.