Description
Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Men (NLSYM) that was used by Card (1995).Format
A data frame with 3010 observations on the following 35 variables.
id- subject id
nearc2- indicator for whether a subject grew up near a two-year college
nearc4- indicator for whether a subject grew up near a four-year college
educ- subject's years of education
age- subject's age at the time of the survey in 1976
fatheduc- subject's father's years of education
motheduc- subject's mother's years of education
weight- sampling weight
momdad14- indicator for whether subject lived with both mother and father at age 14
sinmom14- indicator for whether subject lived with single mom at age 14
step14- indicator for whehter subject lived with step-parent at age 14
reg661- indicator for whether subject lived in region 1 (New England) in 1966
reg662- indicator for whether subject lived in region 2 (Middle Atlantic) in 1966
reg663- indicator for whether subject lived in region 3 (East North Central) in 1966
reg664- indicator for whether subject lived in region 4 (West North Central) in 1966
reg665- indicator for whether subject lived in region 5 (South Atlantic) in 1966
reg666- indicator for whether subject lived in region 6 (East South Central) in 1966
reg667- indicator for whether subject lived in region 7 (West South Central) in 1966
reg668- indicator for whether subject lived in region 8 (Mountain) in 1966
reg669- indicator for whether subject lived in region 9 (Pacific) in 1966
south66- indicator for whether subject lived in South in 1966
black- indicator for whether subject's race is black
smsa- indicator for whether subject lived in SMSA in 1976
south- indicator for whether subject lived in the South in 1976
smsa66- indicator for whether subject lived in SMSA in 1966
wage- subject's wage in cents per hour in 1976
enroll- indicator for whether subject is enrolled in college in 1976
KWW- subject's score on the Knowledge of the World of Work (KWW) test in 1966
IQ- IQ-type test score collected from the high school of the subject.
married- indicator for whether the subject was married in 1976.
libcrd14- indicator for whether subject had library card at age 14.
exper- subject's years of labor force experience in 1976
lwage- subject's log wage in 1976
expersq- square of subject's years of labor force experience in 1976
region- region in which subject lived in 1976
Source
Card, D. Using Geographic Variation in College Proximity to Estimate the Return to Schooling. In Aspects of Labor Market Behavior: Essays in Honor of John Vanderkamp, eds. L.N. Christophides, E.K. Grant and R. Swidinsky. 201-222.
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