Killer Apps
This section links the studies and data sets behind many of Mastering 鈥楳etrics empirical examples. Links provided to external sources. Zip files contain all other related resource files.
Chapter 1: Table 1.1 [.zip]
This table compares people with and without health insurance in the 2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
Studies
Data
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Chapter 1: Tables 1.3 and 1.4 [.zip]
These tables report our analysis of data from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment (HIE)
Studies
Brook (1983) - included in Zip Download
Aron-Dine, Einav, and Finkelstein (2013) - included in Zip Download
Data
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Chapter 1: Tables 1.5 and 1.6 [.zip]
These tables report results from the Oregon Health Plan (OHP).
Studies
Data
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Chapter 3: Table 3.3 [.zip]
This table presents the distribution of assigned and delivered treatements from the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment (MDVE).
Studies
Sherman and Berk (1984) - included in Zip Download
Angrist (2006) - included in Zip Download
Data
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Chapter 4: Table 4.1; Figures 4.2, 4.4, and 4.5 [.zip]
These contain our RD analysis of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA).
Studies
Carpenter and Dobkin (2009) - included in Zip Download
Carpenter and Dobkin (2011) - included in Zip Download
Data
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Chapter 5: Figures 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 [.zip]
These figures show a DD analysis of the effect of monetary policy on bank failures in Mississippi in 1930.
Studies
Richardson and Troost (2009) - included in Zip Download
Data
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Chapter 5: Tables 5.2 and 5.3 [.zip]
These table report our DD analysis of the MLDA.
Studies
Du Mouchel, Williams, and Zador (1987) - included in Zip Download
Norbert, Bierut and Grucza (2009) - included in Zip Download
Data
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Chapter 6: Tables 6.2 [.zip]
This table reports estimates of the returns to schooling for Twinsburg twins.
Studies
Ashenfelter and Krueger (1994) - included in Zip Download
Ashenfelter and Rouse (1998) - included in Zip Download
Data
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Chapter 6: Tables 6.3 [.zip]
This table reports 2SLS estimates of the returns to schooling using child labor laws as instruments for years of schooling.
Studies
Acemoglu and Angrist (2000) - included in Zip Download
Data
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Chapter 6: Tables 6.4 and 6.5; Figures 6.1 and 6.2 [.zip]
This tables and figures present an analysis of the returns to schooling using quarters of birth (QOB) as instruments for years of schooling
Studies
Angrist and Krueger (1991) - included in Zip Download
Data
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Chapter 6: Figures 6.3 and 6.4 [.zip]
These figures analyze the "sheepskin effects: of a high school diploma.
Studies
Clark and Martorell (2014) - included in Zip Download
Data
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All Data Files [.zip]
Instructor's Corner
Pischke Problem Set
London School of Economics
Master Stevefu (J枚rn-Steffen Pischke)
uses Mastering 'Metrics along with Stock and Watson for his . Problems to go with the course include bm.dta, cps.dta, ajr.dta and minwage.dta.
Angrist Problem Set
MIT
Master Joshway (Joshua Angrist)
uses Mastering 'Metrics along with Stock and Watson and Mostly Harmless Econometrics in an s, required for MIT economics majors.