Griliches               package:Ecdat               R Documentation

_W_a_g_e _D_a_t_a_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     a cross-section from 1980

     _number of observations_ :  758

     _observation_ :  individuals

     _country_ :  United States

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(Griliches)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A dataframe containing :

     _r_n_s residency in the southern states (first observation) ? a
          factor

     _r_n_s_8_0 same variable for 1980

     _m_r_t married  (first observation) ? a factor

     _m_r_t_8_0 same variable for 1980

     _s_m_s_a residency in metropolan areas (first observation) ? a factor

     _s_m_s_a_8_0 same variable for 1980

     _m_e_d mother's education in years

     _i_q IQ score

     _k_w_w score on the ``knowledge of the world of work'' test

     _y_e_a_r year of the observation

     _a_g_e age (first observation)

     _a_g_e_8_0 same variable for 1980

     _s_c_h_o_o_l completed years of schooling (first observation)

     _s_c_h_o_o_l_8_0 same variable for 1980

     _e_x_p_r experience in years (first observation)

     _e_x_p_r_8_0 same variable for 1980

     _t_e_n_u_r_e tenure in years (first observation)

     _t_e_n_u_r_e_8_0 same variable for 1980

     _l_w log wage (first observation)

     _l_w_8_0 same variable for 1980

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Blackburn, M.  and   Neumark D. (1992) "Unobserved ability,
     efficiency wages, and interindustry wage differentials",
     _Quarterly Journal of Economics _, *107*, 1421-1436.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Hayashi, F. (2000) _Econometrics_, Princeton University Press,
     <URL:
     http://www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~hayashi/hayashi_econometrics.htm>,
     chapter 3, 250-256.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'Index.Books', 'Index.Economics', 'Index.Econometrics',
     'Index.Observations'

