B.3 CPS 1985

The data file cps85.dat , see Berndt (1991), contains an extract of the May 1985 U.S. Current Population Survey (CPS) with 534 observations.

Column Type Description
1 metric years of education
2 binary 1 if lives in south
3 binary 1 if nonwhite
4 binary 1 if Hispanic
5 binary 1 if female
6 binary 1 if married with spouse present (in household)
7 binary 1 if married female with spouse present
8 metric years of labor market experience
(= age-education-6, minimum = 0 imposed ex post)
9 metric years of labor market experience squared
10 binary 1 if working on a union job
11 metric natural logarithm of average hourly earnings
12 metric age in years
13 binary 1 if working in manufacturing industry
14 binary 1 if working in construction industry
15 binary 1 if occupation is managerial or administrative
16 binary 1 if occupation is sales worker
17 binary 1 if occupation is clerical worker
18 binary 1 if occupation is service worker
19 binary 1 if occupation is professional/technical worker