R Dataset / Package DAAG / nsw74demo

On this R-data statistics page, you will find information about the nsw74demo data set which pertains to Labour Training Evaluation Data. The nsw74demo data set is found in the DAAG R package. You can load the nsw74demo data set in R by issuing the following command at the console data("nsw74demo"). This will load the data into a variable called nsw74demo. If R says the nsw74demo data set is not found, you can try installing the package by issuing this command install.packages("DAAG") and then attempt to reload the data with the library() command. If you need to download R, you can go to the R project website. You can download a CSV (comma separated values) version of the nsw74demo R data set. The size of this file is about 13,747 bytes.

Labour Training Evaluation Data

Description

This data frame contains 445 rows and 10 columns. These data are from an investigation of the effect of training on changes, between 1974-1975 and 1978, in the earnings of individuals who had experienced employment difficulties Data are for the male experimental control and treatment groups.

Usage

nsw74demo

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

trt

a numeric vector identifying the study in which the subjects were enrolled (0 = PSID, 1 = NSW).

age

age (in years).

educ

years of education.

black

(0 = not black, 1 = black).

hisp

(0 = not hispanic, 1 = hispanic).

marr

(0 = not married, 1 = married).

nodeg

(0 = completed high school, 1 = dropout).

re74

real earnings in 1974.

re75

real earnings in 1975.

re78

real earnings in 1978.

Source

http://www.columbia.edu/~rd247/nswdata.html

References

Dehejia, R.H. and Wahba, S. 1999. Causal effects in non-experimental studies: re-evaluating the evaluation of training programs. Journal of the American Statistical Association 94: 1053-1062.

Lalonde, R. 1986. Evaluating the economic evaluations of training programs. American Economic Review 76: 604-620.

Dataset imported from https://www.r-project.org.

Attachments: csv, json

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