Data from "Government Transfers and Political Support"

Description

The gov_transfers data contains data from Manacorda, Miguel, and Vigorito (2011) on government transfer program that was administered based on an income cutoff. Data is pre-limited to households that were just around the income cutoff.

Usage

gov_transfers

Format

A data frame with 1948 rows and 5 variables

Income_Centered

Income measure, centered around program cutoff (negative value = eligible)

Education

Household average years of education among those 16+

Age

Household average age

Participation

Participation in transfers

Support

Measure of support for the government

Details

This data is used in the Regression Discontinuity chapter of The Effect.

Source

Manacorda, M., Miguel, E. and Vigorito, A., 2011. Government transfers and political support. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 3(3), pp.1-28.

References

Huntington-Klein. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. https://theeffectbook.net.