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.