ECON 306 – Using the file in this homework folder (women_job.xlsx)

ECON 306
Homework
6
Due: Thursday, April 21, 2016

30 points

Instructions:
Please print out and complete the following assignment writing your answers
clearly and showing your work directly on the assignment. Please keep a log of
your work in STATA and print out and attach all of your results. Use a highlighter to highlight all of
your commands in STATA (this will make it easier for the graders to see
your work). Follow directions carefully (underlining or circling where
indicated in your STATA output). Be sure to turn the assignment in at the beginning
of class on Thursday, April 21. Late homeworks cannot be accepted.

1.
Using the file in this homework
folder (women_job.xlsx), estimate the logit: Job = f(Married, School, Age) in STATA. (Include your STATA work)

a.
Report the values of the
coefficients and p-values for each independent variable.(4 points)

b.
In words, express what the beta coefficient for “school” means
using the “rough estimate of 0.25” approach using the values estimated by
STATA. (6 points)

a.
Calculate Rp2 using the method shown in
class. (Show the work that you do in STATA) (5 points)