Refugee inflow and female labor supply

Code & Data file needed

Cleaning

• psid_var.py
  Turn PSID variable list into a dictionary
  input: PSID_variables.csv
  output: var_dict.json

• get_fam.py
  Get STATA command for getting the PSID family level data for each year needed
  input: var_dict.json
  output: fam_command.txt

• clean_fam.py
  Clean PSID family data
  input: FAM1981.csv,...,FAM2007.csv, var_dict.json
  output: psid_fam.csv

• clean_psid_ind.py
  Clean PSID individual data
  input: psid_ind.csv; var_dict.json
  output: psid_ind_long.csv

• merge_ind_fam.py
  Merge PSID family and individual data
  input: psid_ind_long.csv, psid_fam.csv
  output: psid_ind_fam.csv

• clean_orr.py
  Clean ORR data
  input: orr_ind_1975_1990.csv; orr_ind_1991_2008.csv
  (available for download here with the raw data for Figure 1 in ORR)
  output: country_year_orr.csv; year_county_orr.csv

• merge_ind_orr.py
  Merge individual-level data with ORR data
  input: psid_ind_fam.csv; year_county_orr.csv
  output: ind_orr_sub.csv

• clean_sample.py
  Clean the main sample
  input: ind_orr_sub.csv
  output: sample_ind.csv

• clean_cps.py
  Clean CPS subsample data to construct IV and merge with the main sample and shock data
  input: cps_sub.csv (CPS variable list in CPS); metro_1990.csv; matched_cbsa.csv; sample_ind.csv; country_year_orr.csv
  output: sample_ind_IV.csv

Analysis

• analysis.Rmd
  input: sample_ind_IV.csv