A sample of the the Merged Outgoing Rotation Group of the Current Population Survey of 1983, 1984 and 1985 used by Firpo, Fortin & Lemieux (2009). The data contains a selection of 10 variables and a sample of 26,695 observations of male workers -- corresponding to a tenth of the original 266,956 observations. See Lemieux (2006) for details on data selection and recoding.
men8385A data frame with 26,695 rows and 10 variables.
Hourly wage in US dollars at constant prices
Union status indicator
Non-white indicator
Married indicator
Factor variable with 6 education levels: high-school graduates (reference), elementary, high-school dropouts , some college, college graduates, post college graduates
Factor variable with 9 potential experience levels, each of five years gap, 20 to 24 years as reference level)
CPS sample weights
Age in years
Education in years
Experience in years