Anastasia Semykina, "Self-Employment among Women: Do Children Matter More Than We Previously Thought?", Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2018, pp. 416-434. I use publicly available National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 79 (NLSY79) data, which were obtained from https://www.bls.gov/nls/nlsy79.htm, as well as publicly available March CPS data that were obtained from http://www.nber.org/data/current-population-survey-data.html. All data are limited to individuals ages 22-50 who are not in the military service and not employed in agriculture. All observations that had missing values for variables used in the analysis were deleted. The only exception is 'self_empl' variable, which has missing values for all nonworking women. Three data sets were used in the paper: (i) NLSY79 white women, (ii) NLSY79 white men, (iii) March CPS white women. Details for each data set and variable definitions are provided below. These three files are zipped in the file as-csv-files.zip. These are ASCII files in DOS format. Unix/Linux users should use "unzip -a". The accompanying Stata do-file (white_women_NLSY.do) contains the code used to obtain the main results for white women. Similar code was used to obtain the other results. This file, plus .dta versions of the CSV files, is zipped in the file as-stata-files.zip. Do not use the "-a" option with this zip file! NLSY79 white women (NLSY_white_women_JAE.csv): 3,004 women, 33,365 observations in total (unbalanced panel, 1982-2006) Variable definitions: id unique individual ID year year working =1 if working, otherwise self_empl =1 if self-employed, otherwise age age in years agesq age squared educ years of schooling, truncated at 20 years edu_0_11 =1 if has 0-11 years of schooling, 0 otherwise edu_12 =1 if has 12 years of schooling, 0 otherwise edu_13_15 =1 if has 13-15 years of schooling, 0 otherwise edu_16plus =1 if has 16 or more years of schooling, 0 otherwise married =1 if married, 0 if not d_ch_1_5 =1 if has children ages 0 to 5, otherwise d_ch_0 =1 if has a newborn (<1 years old), otherwise d_ch_1_5_alt =1 if has children ages 1 to 5, otherwise d_ch_6_17 =1 if has children ages 6 to 17, otherwise rotter_score locus of control sesteem_score1 self esteem score urban =1 if urban location, 0 otherwise afqt_1 AFQT score south =1 if South region, otherwise northeast =1 if Northeast region, otherwise northcen =1 if North Central region, otherwise west =1 if West region, otherwise sp_inc1000 spouse's income in thousands of dollars samesex =1 if the frist two children have the same gender, otherwise policever =1 if ever stopped by police for other than minor traffic offense in 1980, 0 otherwise unemp_rate unemployment rate in percentage points m_sp_inc1000 individual time mean of sp_inc1000 m_married individual time mean of married NLSY79 white men (NLSY_white_men_JAE.csv): 2,566 men, 21,965 observations in total (unbalanced panel, 1982-2006) Variable definitions: id unique individual ID year year working =1 if working, otherwise self_empl =1 if self-employed, otherwise age age in years agesq age squared educ years of schooling, truncated at 20 years edu_0_11 =1 if has 0-11 years of schooling, 0 otherwise edu_12 =1 if has 12 years of schooling, 0 otherwise edu_13_15 =1 if has 13-15 years of schooling, 0 otherwise edu_16plus =1 if has 16 or more years of schooling, 0 otherwise married =1 if married, 0 if not d_ch_1_5 =1 if has children ages 0 to 5, otherwise d_ch_6_17 =1 if has children ages 6 to 17, otherwise rotter_score locus of control sesteem_score1 self esteem score urban =1 if urban location, 0 otherwise afqt_1 AFQT score south =1 if South region, otherwise northeast =1 if Northeast region, otherwise northcen =1 if North Central region, otherwise west =1 if West region, otherwise net_worth1000 family net worth in thousands of dollars samesex =1 if the frist two children have the same gender, otherwise policever =1 if ever stopped by police for other than minor traffic offense in 1980, 0 otherwise unemp_rate unemployment rate in percentage points m_net_worth1000 individual time mean of net_worth1000 m_married individual time mean of married March CPS white women (CPS_white_women_JAE.csv): 30,004 women, each of whome is observed in two consecutive years, 60,008 observations in total (survey years 2003-2007) Variable definitions: id unique individual ID year year working =1 if working, otherwise self_empl =1 if self-employed, otherwise age age in years agesq age squared edu_0_11 =1 if has 0-11 years of schooling, 0 otherwise edu_12 =1 if has 12 years of schooling, 0 otherwise edu_13_15 =1 if has 13-15 years of schooling, 0 otherwise edu_16plus =1 if has 16 or more years of schooling, 0 otherwise married =1 if married, 0 if not d_ch_1_5 =1 if has children ages 0 to 5, otherwise d_ch_6_17 =1 if has children ages 6 to 17, otherwise metro =1 if metropolitan area, 0 otherwise south =1 if South region, otherwise nwinc nonwife income (family income - wife's income) unemp_rate unemployment rate in percentage points m_married individual time mean of married m_nwinc individual time mean of nwinc