Cecilia Machado, "Unobserved Selection Heterogeneity and the Gender
Wage Gap", Journal of Applied Econometrics, forthcoming.

This file describes all the varibles in each of the datasets below.

cps.csv--

married: dummy indicating whether married
widowed: dummy indicating whether widowed
divorced: dummy indicating whether divorces
separated: dummy indicating whether separated
nevermarr: dummy indicating whether never married
eduhsless: dummy indicating less than high school education
edu12: dummy indicating high school education
edu1315: dummy indicating some college education
educollegeplus: dummy indicating college or more education
child6: number of children less than six
child6_0: dummy indicating no child less than six
child6_1: dummy indicating 1 child less than six
child6_2: dummy indicating 2 children less than six
child6_3p: dummy indicating 3 or more children less than six
employed: dummy indicating whether employed
w_employed: wages for the employed
employedz0: dummy indicating whether employed for those who do not have a child less than six
employedz1: dummy indicating whether employed for those who have a child less than six
ft: dummy indicating whether working full-time full-year
w_ft: wages for the full-time full-year workers
ftz0: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who do not have a child less than six
ftz1: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who do have a child less than six
edushsless: spouse, dummy indicating less than high school education 
edus12: spouse, dummy indicating high school education
edus1315: spouse, dummy indicating some college education
eduscollegeplus 
edusmissing: spouse, dummy indicating education missing
lnw_spouse2: spouse, wages
dlnw_spouse2: spouse, dummy indicating information of wages
female: dummy indicating whether female
year: survey year
wgt: survey weight
anychild6: dummy indicating whether a child less than six is present
fiv: anychild6 times female
miv: anychild6 times (1-female) 
group_edu: grouping of above education categories
group_edumar: grouping of above marital status and education categories
dage*: single age dummies
edu*: single educatition categories dummies
age: age in years


nlsy79.csv--

c_childunder6: number of years a child less than 6 was present
e11v3_ftfy: dummy for whether worked full-time full-year all years a child less than 6 was present
e11v2_ftfy: dummy for whether worked full-time full-year more than half the years a child less than 6 was present
e11v1_ftfy: dummy for whether worked full-time full-year at least one year a child less than 6 was present
iq_AFQTrank: AFQT rank
iq_pca4rank: 4 AFQT test composite rank
iq_pca10rank: 10 AFQT test composite rank
managers: dummy indicating whether in a managerial occupation
hiprof: dummy indicating whether is a high professional occupation
cumul_numhours44: cumulative number of hours until age 44 
pct_ftfy: percent of years working full-time full-year 
weight_panel_2012: survey panel weight 
year: survey year
female: dummy indicating whether female
count: 1 for each observation 
white: dummy indicating whether white
agegen: age in years
weight: survey weight
deciles_iq_AFQTrank: deciles of score using AFQT   
lesshs: dummy indicating less than high school education
hs: dummy indicating hs education 
somecollege: dummy indicating some college education 
collegeormore: dummy indicating college or more education
married: dummy indicating whether married
ftfy: dummy indicating whether working full-time full-year   
deciles_iq_pca4rank: deciles of score using 4 tests in AFQT 
deciles_iq_pca10rank: deciles of score using 10 tests in AFQT   
ae0_ftfy: dummy for whether worked full-time full-year all years of the survey
ae0_ftfywc: dummy for whether worked full-time full-year all years of the survey and ever having a child less than 6 present 
c_childunder6_v2: dummy for whether the number of years a child less than 6 was present is greater than zero
pct_aecsa_ftfy: percent of the time working full-time full-year when a child less than six is present among all time a child less than 6 is present


youngwomen.csv--

c_childunder6: number of years a child less than 6 was present
iqrank: IQ rank
managers: dummy indicating whether in a managerial occupation
hiprof: dummy indicating whether is a high professional occupation
pct_ftfy: percent of years working full-time full-year 
female: dummy indicating whether female  
year: survey year
weight_panel:  survey panel weight  
pct_aecsa_ftfy: percent of the time working full-time full-year when a child less than six is present among all time a child less than 6 is present


june.csv--

anychildx: dummy indicating whether a child less than x is present (x=1,2,3,4,5,6) 
female: dummy indicating whether female  
nochild6: dummy indicating no child less than 6 in the household 
year: survey year 
married: dummy indicating whether married 
abssep: dummy indicating whether spouse absent ou separated  
widdiv:  dummy indicating whether widowed or divorced
nevermarr: dummy indicating whether never married 
eduhsless: dummy indicating less than high school education  
edu12: dummy indicating high school education 
edu1315: dummy indicating some college education   
educollegeplus: dummy indicating college education or more
anychild6: dummy indicating whether a child less than 6 is present
anychild5: dummy indicating whether a child less than 5 is present
anychild4: dummy indicating whether a child less than 4 is present
anychild3: dummy indicating whether a child less than 3 is present
anychild2: dummy indicating whether a child less than 2 is present
anychild1: dummy indicating whether a child less than 1 is present
employed: dummy indicating whether employed  
w_employed: wages for the employed
employedz0_6: dummy indicating whether employed for those who do not have a child less than 6 
employedz1_6: dummy indicating whether employed for those who have a child less than 6
employedz0_5: dummy indicating whether employed for those who do not have a child less than 5
employedz1_5: dummy indicating whether employed for those who have a child less than 5
employedz0_4: dummy indicating whether employed for those who do not have a child less than 4
employedz1_4: dummy indicating whether employed for those who have a child less than 4
employedz0_3: dummy indicating whether employed for those who do not have a child less than 3
employedz1_3: dummy indicating whether employed for those who have a child less than 3
employedz0_2: dummy indicating whether employed for those who do not have a child less than 2
employedz1_2: dummy indicating whether employed for those who have a child less than 2 
employedz0_1: dummy indicating whether employed for those who do not have a child less than 1
employedz1_1: dummy indicating whether employed for those who have a child less than 1 
ft: dummy indicating whether working full-time full-year  
w_ft: wages for the full-time full-year workers  
ftz0_6: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who do not have a child less than 6
ftz1_6: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who have a child less than 6
ftz0_5: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who do not have a child less than 5
ftz1_5: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who have a child less than 5  
ftz0_4: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who do not have a child less than 4
ftz1_4: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who have a child less than 4 
ftz0_3: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who do not have a child less than 3
ftz1_3: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who have a child less than 3  
ftz0_2: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who do not have a child less than 2  
ftz1_2: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who have a child less than 2 
ftz0_1: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who do not have a child less than 1
ftz1_1: dummy indicating whether full-time full-year for those who have a child less than 1  
ernwgt: survey weight


mar_match.csv--

w_ft: wages for the full-time full-year workers
w_employed: wages for the full-time full-year workers
eduhslesstx: dummy indicating less than high school education times year x dummy 
edu12tx: dummy indicating high school education times year x
edu1315tx: dummy indicating some college education times year x dummy 
educollegeplustx: dummy indicating college or more education times year x dummy  
femaletx: dummy indicating whether female times year dummy 
aftertx: dummy year x dummy
fatx:  dummy indicating whether female times dummy indicating second observation of the two-year panel times year x dummy 
wgt: survey weight
e1e1_ft: dummy indicating whether working full-time full-year in both years of the panel
e1e1_employed: dummy indicating whether working in both years of the panel


