ECON612, Spring 2002, PROBLEM SET #2: You Must Hand in a Hard Copy of the STATA Log File

ECON612, Spring 2002, PROBLEM SET #2: You Must Hand in a Hard Copy of the STATA Log File

<p>ECON611, PROBLEM SET #2: Hand in your answers to each question on an answer sheet(s). If you want, you may also hand in your Stata log (but the Stata log will not be graded).</p><p>1. Plot a histogram (frequency distribution) of hourly wages. Use the ", bin(50)" option.</p><p>2. Plot a histogram (frequency distribution) of the natural logarithm of hourly wages. Use the ", bin(50)" option.</p><p>3. A. Estimate an equation where the dependent variable is the log of hourly wages and the independent variable is years of education. Report your results in a table. B. Interpret the coefficient on years of education. C. Interpret the intercept. D. Graph the equation estimated in 3A. E. Based on the regression you estimated in 3A, calculate the expected value of the log of hourly wages for workers with: i. 16 years of education ii. mean years of education F. Calculate the sample average log of hourly wages.</p><p>4. A. Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the residuals from the equation estimated in 3A. B. Plot a histogram (frequency distribution) of the residuals from the equation estimated in 3A. Use the ", bin(50)" option.</p>

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