nls_panel.def

  id year lwage  hours age educ collgrad  msp  nev_mar not_smsa c_city south black union exper exper2 tenure tenure2 

   obs:  3580 


	id	= identifier for panel individual; 716 total
	year	= year interviewed (1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988)
	lwage 	= ln(wage/GNP deflator)
	hours	= usual hours worked
	age	= age in current year
	educ	= current grade completed
	collgrad	= 1 if college graduate
	msp		= 1 if married, spouse present
	nev_mar		= 1 if never yet married
	not_smsa	= 1 if not SMSA
	c_city		= 1 if central city
	south		= 1 if south
	black		= 1 if black; 0 if white
	union		= 1 if union member
	exper		= total work experience
	exper2		= exper^2
	tenure		= job tenure, in years
	tenure2		= tenure^2
	
	
Source: Subset of NLSWORK.DTA, Stata Corp. 2005. Stata Statistical Software: Release 9. College Station, TX: Stata Corp LP.
        The authors wish to thank the Stata Corporation for allowing the use of the data.
	

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
          id |      3580       358.5    206.7201          1        716
        year |      3580          85    2.280669         82         88
       lwage |      3580    1.918238    .4646068    .137109   4.254619
       hours |      3580    38.02765    7.970052          1         80
         age |      3580    35.88352    3.888083         28         46
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
        educ |      3580    13.02235     2.44402          4         18
    collgrad |      3580    .2304469    .4211777          0          1
         msp |      3580    .6583799    .4743191          0          1
     nev_mar |      3580    .1402235    .3472672          0          1
    not_smsa |      3580    .2994413    .4580773          0          1
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
      c_city |      3580     .301676    .4590495          0          1
       south |      3580    .4240223    .4942627          0          1
       black |      3580    .2821229    .4500957          0          1
       union |      3580    .2642458    .4409924          0          1
       exper |      3580    12.02858    3.862796   1.057692    27.1923
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
      exper2 |      3580    159.6038    95.46102   1.118713   739.4214
      tenure |      3580    6.947439    5.171849          0      24.75
     tenure2 |      3580    75.00747    93.66151          0   612.5625
