Instructional dataset, N=753, cross-sectional labor force participation data Accompanying Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, South-Western College Publishing, (c) 2000 and Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data, MIT Press,(c) 2001.
data( mroz )This data frame contains the following variables (columns):
inlf=1 if in labor force, 1975
hourshours worked, 1975
kidslt6# kids < 6 years
kidsge6# kids 6-18
agewoman's age in yrs
educyears of schooling
wageestimated wage from earns., hours
repwagereported wage at interview in 1976
hushrshours worked by husband, 1975
husagehusband's age
huseduchusband's years of schooling
huswagehusband's hourly wage, 1975
famincfamily income, 1975
mtrfed. marginal tax rate facing woman
motheducmother's years of schooling
fatheducfather's years of schooling
unemunem. rate in county of resid.
city=1 if live in SMSA
experactual labor mkt exper
nwifeinc(faminc - wage*hours)/1000
Instructional dataset, N=753, cross-sectional labor force participation data Accompanying Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, South-Western College Publishing, (c) 2000 and Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data, MIT Press,(c) 2001.
Mroz, T.A. 1987. The Sensitiviy of an Empirical Model of Married Women's Hours of Work to Economic and Statistical Assumptions. Econometrica 55: 765-799.