A subset of the Lalonde dataset (see cited reference).

datasets

Implementation of the Coarsened Exact Matching algorithm discussed
along with its properties in
Iacus, King, Porro (2011) <DOI:10.1198/jasa.2011.tm09599>;
Iacus, King, Porro (2012) <DOI:10.1093/pan/mpr013> and
Iacus, King, Porro (2019) <DOI:10.1017/pan.2018.29>.

Stefano M. Iacus

Coarsened Exact Matching

Gary King

Giuseppe Porro

Richard Nielsen

DW function

A data frame with 445 observations on the following 10 variables.<dl>
 <dt><code>treated</code></dt>
<dd>treated variable indicator</dd> <dt><code>age</code></dt>
<dd>age</dd> <dt><code>education</code></dt>
<dd>years of education</dd> <dt><code>black</code></dt>
<dd>race indicator variable</dd> <dt><code>married</code></dt>
<dd>marital status indicator variable</dd> <dt><code>nodegree</code></dt>
<dd>indicator variable of not possessing a degree</dd> <dt><code>re74</code></dt>
<dd>real earnings in 1974</dd> <dt><code>re75</code></dt>
<dd>real earnings in 1975</dd> <dt><code>re78</code></dt>
<dd>real earnings in 1978 (post treatment outcome)</dd> <dt><code>hispanic</code></dt>
<dd>ethnic indicator variable</dd> <dt><code>u74</code></dt>
<dd>unemployment in 1974 indicator variable</dd> <dt><code>u75</code></dt>
<dd>unemployment in 1975 indicator variable</dd> 
</dl>

Format

Dehejia-Wahba dataset — DW

A data frame with 445 observations on the following 10 variables.<dl>
 <dt><code>treated</code></dt>
<dd>treated variable indicator</dd>

 <dt><code>age</code></dt>
<dd>age</dd>

 <dt><code>education</code></dt>
<dd>years of education</dd>

 <dt><code>black</code></dt>
<dd>race indicator variable</dd>

 <dt><code>married</code></dt>
<dd>marital status indicator variable</dd>

 <dt><code>nodegree</code></dt>
<dd>indicator variable of not possessing a degree</dd>

 <dt><code>re74</code></dt>
<dd>real earnings in 1974</dd>

 <dt><code>re75</code></dt>
<dd>real earnings in 1975</dd>

 <dt><code>re78</code></dt>
<dd>real earnings in 1978 (post treatment outcome)</dd>

 <dt><code>hispanic</code></dt>
<dd>ethnic indicator variable</dd>

 <dt><code>u74</code></dt>
<dd>unemployment in 1974 indicator variable</dd>

 <dt><code>u75</code></dt>
<dd>unemployment in 1975 indicator variable</dd>

 
</dl>

DW: Dehejia-Wahba dataset

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