This directory contains an ascii file of data 

tn8992.dat


and a sas program 

xstate.sas

that reads the data and computes some of the
cross-state regressions reported in tables 4.4 and 4.5 of Myth 
and Measurement.

The log and listing created by the xstate.sas program are also 
included (xstate.log; xstate.lst) in order to check the means
and display the raw data.

The data are for 51 states, with information on teenage employment-
population (1986-92), and overall employment-population and unemployment
rates (1986-1992), all taken from Geographic Profiles of Unemployment
and Employment.  In addition, there are data for 1989 and 1992 on:

-mean log wages of teens in the state (computed from CPS data)
-fraction of teens earning below the minimum wage, at the minimum
 wage, and between the old and new minimum wages (computed from CPS data)
-mean log wage of adult men in the state (computed from CPS data)
-a variable representing the number of teens observed in the 1989 CPS
 merged annual file for the state (used as a weight)



The labels in the sas program should be self-explanatory.