Data from Hazlett (2020)

Data on the treated units is from Dehejia and Wahba (1999), containing 185 individuals; data on the control units is from Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID-1), containing 2,490 individuals.

Format

A data frame with 2675 rows and 13 columns.

nsw

treatment indicator of whether an individual participated in the National Supported Work (NSW) program

age

educ

years of education

black

demographic indicator variables for Black

hisp

idemographic indicator variables for Hispanic

married

demographic indicator variables for married

re74

real earnings in 1974

re75

real earnings in 1975

re78

real earnings in 1978, outcome

u74

unemployment indicator for 1974

u75

unemployment indicator for 1975

u78

unemployment indicator for 1978

nodegr

indicator for no high school degree

References

• Dehejia, R. H., and Wahba, S. (1999). Causal effects in nonexperimental studies: Reevaluating the evaluation of training programs. Journal of the American statistical Association, 94(448), 1053-1062.

• Hazlett, C. (2020). KERNEL BALANCING. Statistica Sinica, 30(3), 1155-1189.