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This page links the studies and data sets behind many of MM’s empirical examples.
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Chapter 1: Table 1.1
This table compares people with and without health insurance in the 2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
Studies
The 2009 NHIS
Data
Read Me, Data, .do files
Chapter 1: Tables 1.3 and 1.4
These tables report our analysis of data from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment (HIE).
Studies
The RAND HIE
Brook (1983) – included in Zip Download
Aron-Dine, Einav, and Finkelstein (2013) – included in Zip Download
Data
Read Me, Data, .do files
Chapter 1: Tables 1.5 and 1.6
These tables report results from the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) studies.
Studies
Baicker et al. (NEJM 2013)
Finkelstein et al. (QJE 2012)
Taubman et al. (Science 2014)
Data
Read Me, Data
Chapter 3: Table 3.3
This table presents the distribution of assigned and delivered treatments from the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment (MDVE).
Studies
Sherman and Berk (1984) – included in Zip Download
Angrist (2006) – included in Zip Download
Data
Read Me, Data, .do file
Chapter 4: Table 4.1; Figures 4.2, 4.4, and 4.5
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
Read Me, Data, .do file
Chapter 5: Figures 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3
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
Read Me, Data, .do file
Chapter 5: Tables 5.2 and 5.3
These tables 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
Read Me, Data, .do file
Chapter 6: Table 6.2
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
Read Me, Data (link), .do file
Chapter 6: Table 6.3
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
Read Me, Data, .do file
Chapter 6: Tables 6.4 and 6.5; Figures 6.1 and 6.2
These tables and figures present an IV 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
Read Me, Data, .do file
Chapter 6: Figures 6.3 and 6.4
These figures analyze the “sheepskin effects” of a high school diploma.
Studies
Clark and Martorell (2014) – included in Zip Download
Data
Read Me, Data, .do file