Question: Use dataset WAGE1.DTA . Find the average education level in the sample. What are the lowest and highest years of education? Find the average hourly

  1. Use dataset WAGE1.DTA.
    1. Find the average education level in the sample. What are the lowest and highest years of education?
    2. Find the average hourly wage in the sample. Does it seem high or low?
    3. The wage data are reported in 1976 dollars. Using the Internet or a printed source, find the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the years 1976 and 2023. What are those numbers?
    4. Use the CPI values from part (iii) to find the average hourly wage in 2013 dollars (WAGE_1976*CPI_2023/CPI_1976). Does the average hourly wage seem reasonable now?
    5. How many women are in the sample? How many men?

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