tex1.dta

The file tex1.dta contains a data set with the data used in Table
1a and Table 4, columns 1 and 2 of Katz and Krueger (1992).  The
data are described below.  The question number under the source
refers to the location on the December 1990 questionnaire.  See
footnote 9 for a description of the wage variable.  


 Variable
 Name                Description                 Source

 unem86              unempl rate               County and City Data
                                                Book, 1988
 co_own             =1 if co-owned           Question 10
 kfc                KFC                      Chain                
 w                  Wendys                   Chain
 lpop86              Log Population, 1986      County and City Data
                                               Book, 1988
 lees               Log No. Employees        Question 1
 lpaydec            Log pay, Dec '90         Question 2a, 2b
 lpayapr            Log pay, before Apr '90  Question 3a, 3b
 paydec             Pay, Dec '90             Question 2a, 2b
 payapr             Pay, Apr '90             Question 3a, 3b
 ees                No. of ft + pt workers   Question 10



Means of variables

Variable |     Obs        Mean   Std. Dev.       Min        Max
---------+-----------------------------------------------------
  unem86 |     147    8.839456   2.715495        3.7       17.4
  co_own |     164    .4573171   .4997006          0          1
     kfc |     167    .3173653   .4668508          0          1
  lpop86 |     167     12.6977    1.87006   7.824046     14.363
    lees |     162    3.035215   .3876901   2.079442   3.806663
 lpaydec |     167    1.367232   .0460374   1.335001   1.609438
 lpayapr |     164    1.272186   .0720659    1.20896   1.536867
       w |     167     .239521   .4280747          0          1
  paydec |     167    3.928743   .1900037        3.8          5
  payapr |     164     3.57811   .2683112       3.35       4.65
     ees |     162     22.3642   8.379031          8         45