A politician has approached you under some concern that he believes women and ethnic groups are not benefitting enough from education. The politician has data collected from the labour force, but is n
i) Outline the key findings from academic research in this area, focussing on academic journal
articles.
ii) Without resorting to regression models, use Stata and the available data to present
evidence to support or disprove the politician’s hypothesis.
Total word limit = 1000 words, excluding tables and graphs.
In addition students should include an appendix of the Stata log file generated in part ii) [try to minimise
errors in the log file – you may wish to practice various approaches before finalising your log]

Any work submitted without a Stata appendix will be subject to a penalty of 25% of the available
marks.
ASB-3316 Applied Economics 2015/16
Exercise 1
A politician has approached you under some concern that he believes women and ethnic groups are not
benefitting enough from education. The politician has data collected from the labour force, but is not
literate with economic or econometric theory.
i) Outline the key findings from academic research in this area, focussing on academic journal
articles.
ii) Without resorting to regression models, use Stata and the available data to present
evidence to support or disprove the politician’s hypothesis.
Total word limit = 1000 words, excluding tables and graphs.
In addition students should include an appendix of the Stata log file generated in part ii) [try to minimise
errors in the log file – you may wish to practice various approaches before finalising your log]
Any work submitted without a Stata appendix will be subject to a penalty of 25% of the available
marks.
All work should be submitted electronically to TurnItIn on Blackboard before 5pm on Monday 15th
February.

A politician has approached you under some concern that he believes women and ethnic groups are not benefitting enough from education. The politician has data collected from the labour force, but is n
i) Outline the key findings from academic research in this area, focussing on academic journal
articles.
ii) Without resorting to regression models, use Stata and the available data to present
evidence to support or disprove the politician’s hypothesis.
Total word limit = 1000 words, excluding tables and graphs.
In addition students should include an appendix of the Stata log file generated in part ii) [try to minimise
errors in the log file – you may wish to practice various approaches before finalising your log]

Any work submitted without a Stata appendix will be subject to a penalty of 25% of the available
marks.
ASB-3316 Applied Economics 2015/16
Exercise 1
A politician has approached you under some concern that he believes women and ethnic groups are not
benefitting enough from education. The politician has data collected from the labour force, but is not
literate with economic or econometric theory.
i) Outline the key findings from academic research in this area, focussing on academic journal
articles.
ii) Without resorting to regression models, use Stata and the available data to present
evidence to support or disprove the politician’s hypothesis.
Total word limit = 1000 words, excluding tables and graphs.
In addition students should include an appendix of the Stata log file generated in part ii) [try to minimise
errors in the log file – you may wish to practice various approaches before finalising your log]
Any work submitted without a Stata appendix will be subject to a penalty of 25% of the available
marks.
All work should be submitted electronically to TurnItIn on Blackboard before 5pm on Monday 15th
February.

A politician has approached you under some concern that he believes women and ethnic groups are not benefitting enough from education. The politician has data collected from the labour force, but is n
i) Outline the key findings from academic research in this area, focussing on academic journal
articles.
ii) Without resorting to regression models, use Stata and the available data to present
evidence to support or disprove the politician’s hypothesis.
Total word limit = 1000 words, excluding tables and graphs.
In addition students should include an appendix of the Stata log file generated in part ii) [try to minimise
errors in the log file – you may wish to practice various approaches before finalising your log]

Any work submitted without a Stata appendix will be subject to a penalty of 25% of the available
marks.
ASB-3316 Applied Economics 2015/16
Exercise 1
A politician has approached you under some concern that he believes women and ethnic groups are not
benefitting enough from education. The politician has data collected from the labour force, but is not
literate with economic or econometric theory.
i) Outline the key findings from academic research in this area, focussing on academic journal
articles.
ii) Without resorting to regression models, use Stata and the available data to present
evidence to support or disprove the politician’s hypothesis.
Total word limit = 1000 words, excluding tables and graphs.
In addition students should include an appendix of the Stata log file generated in part ii) [try to minimise
errors in the log file – you may wish to practice various approaches before finalising your log]
Any work submitted without a Stata appendix will be subject to a penalty of 25% of the available
marks.
All work should be submitted electronically to TurnItIn on Blackboard before 5pm on Monday 15th
February.