FACTORS RELATED
TO WAGES

IN THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY

By Gary Engelhardt and Therese Stukel

This monograph explores the statistics of a random sample of 534 persons from the 1995 Current Population Survey (CPS) with information on wages and other characteristics of the workers, such as gender, years of education, years of work experience, occupational status, and region of residence. It is an ideal dataset for in depth teaching of basic principles of multiple regression. It can be used to understand how wages are related to these characteristics.

• Chapter 1: Introduction to the Current Population Survey of 1995
  
  
• Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics

• Chapter 3: The Basics of Simple Linear Regression

• Chapter 4: Simple Linear Regression of CPS Data

• Chapter 5: The Basics of Multiple Regression

• Chapter 6: Multiple Regression of CPS Data

• Chapter 7: Complex Modeling Issues

• Appendix A: Metadata for the 1995 CPS
  
• Appendix B: List of variables used by Stata
  Note: This goes with both appendices C and D
  
• Appendix C: Stata Output
  Note: Conclusions described in the text are based on this output. Extra output is included for the reader to ponder.
  
• Appendix D: Data
  Note: After downloading this file you must open it in Stata.

   

  For permission to duplicate these materials for classroom use,
  please contact Therese.Stukel@Dartmouth.edu.