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gov_transfers: Data from "Government Transfers and Political Support"

Description

The gov_transfers data contains data from Manacorda, Miguel, and Vigorito (2011) on government transfer program that was administered based on an income cutoff. Data is pre-limited to households that were just around the income cutoff.

Usage

gov_transfers

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 1948 rows and 5 variables

Income_Centered

Income measure, centered around program cutoff (negative value = eligible)

Education

Household average years of education among those 16+

Age

Household average age

Participation

Participation in transfers

Support

Measure of support for the government

Details

This data is used in the Regression Discontinuity chapter of The Effect.

References

Huntington-Klein. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. https://theeffectbook.net.