Lalonde dataset
Description
Lalonde experimental dataset (see cited reference).
Usage
data(LL)
Format
A data frame with 722 observations on the following 10 variables.
treated- treatment variable indicator
age- age
education- years of education
black- race indicator variable
married- marital status indicator variable
nodegree- indicator variable for 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
Source
see references
References
Lalonde, R. (1986) ``Evaluating the Econometric Evaluations
of Training Programs,'' American Economic Review, 76, 604-620.
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