FILENAME: CPS85

Source:  NBER extract of May 1985 CPS, performed by Leslie Sundt
         of the University of Arizona

1.	ED = years of education

2.	SOUTH = 1 if lives in south

3.	NONWH = 1 if nonwhite

4.	HISP = 1 if Hispanic

5.	FE = 1 if female

6.	MARR = 1 if married with spouse present (in household)

7.	MARRFE = 1 if married female with spouse present

8.	EX = years of labor market experience (= AGE-ED-6) (minimum 
        = 0 imposed ex post)

9.	EXSQ = years of labor market experience squared

10.	UNION = 1 if working on a union job

11.	LNWAGE = natural logarithm of average hourly earnings

12.	AGE = age in years

13.	MANUF = 1 if working in manufacturing industry

14.	CONSTR = 1 if working in construction industry

15.	MANAG = 1 if occupation is managerial or administrative

16.	SALES = 1 if occupation is sales worker

17.	CLER = 1 if occupation is clerical worker

18.	SERV = 1 if occupation is service worker

19.	PROF = 1 if occupation is professional/technical worker

Number of Observations: 534

Reference:
Berndt, Ernst R.: The Practice of Econometrics. Classic and
Contemporary. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts ..., 1991,
702 pages, ISBN 0-201-51489-3.

