Benefits

a cross-section from 1972
number of observations : 4877
observation : individuals
country : United States

datasets

Data sets for econometrics, including political science.

Spencer Graves

Ecdat

Data Sets for Econometrics

Benefits function

A time series containing :<dl>
 <dt>stateur</dt>
<dd>state unemployment rate (in %)</dd> <dt>statemb</dt>
<dd>state maximum benefit level</dd> <dt>state</dt>
<dd>state of residence code</dd> <dt>age</dt>
<dd>age in years</dd> <dt>tenure</dt>
<dd>years of tenure in job lost</dd> <dt>joblost</dt>
<dd>a factor with levels 
 (slack_work,position_abolished,seasonal_job_ended,other)</dd> <dt>nwhite</dt>
<dd>non-white ?</dd> <dt>school12</dt>
<dd>more than 12 years of school ?</dd> <dt>sex</dt>
<dd>a factor with levels (male,female)</dd> <dt>bluecol</dt>
<dd>blue collar worker ?</dd> <dt>smsa</dt>
<dd>lives in SMSA ?</dd> <dt>married</dt>
<dd>married ?</dd> <dt>dkids</dt>
<dd>has kids ?</dd> <dt>dykids</dt>
<dd>has young kids (0-5 yrs) ?</dd> <dt>yrdispl</dt>
<dd>year of job displacement (1982=1,..., 1991=10)</dd> <dt>rr</dt>
<dd>replacement rate</dd> <dt>head</dt>
<dd>is head of household ?</dd> <dt>ui</dt>
<dd>applied for (and received) UI benefits ?</dd> 
</dl>

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Unemployment of Blue Collar Workers — Benefits

A time series containing :<dl>
 <dt>stateur</dt>
<dd>state unemployment rate (in %)</dd>

 <dt>statemb</dt>
<dd>state maximum benefit level</dd>

 <dt>state</dt>
<dd>state of residence code</dd>

 <dt>age</dt>
<dd>age in years</dd>

 <dt>tenure</dt>
<dd>years of tenure in job lost</dd>

 <dt>joblost</dt>
<dd>a factor with levels 
 (slack_work,position_abolished,seasonal_job_ended,other)</dd>

 <dt>nwhite</dt>
<dd>non-white ?</dd>

 <dt>school12</dt>
<dd>more than 12 years of school ?</dd>

 <dt>sex</dt>
<dd>a factor with levels (male,female)</dd>

 <dt>bluecol</dt>
<dd>blue collar worker ?</dd>

 <dt>smsa</dt>
<dd>lives in SMSA ?</dd>

 <dt>married</dt>
<dd>married ?</dd>

 <dt>dkids</dt>
<dd>has kids ?</dd>

 <dt>dykids</dt>
<dd>has young kids (0-5 yrs) ?</dd>

 <dt>yrdispl</dt>
<dd>year of job displacement (1982=1,..., 1991=10)</dd>

 <dt>rr</dt>
<dd>replacement rate</dd>

 <dt>head</dt>
<dd>is head of household ?</dd>

 <dt>ui</dt>
<dd>applied for (and received) UI benefits ?</dd>

 
</dl>

Benefits: Unemployment of Blue Collar Workers

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