Title  : "Does Inconvenience Explain Low Takeup? Evidence from UI claiming procedures"
Purpose: JPAM Submission (accepted)
Date   : June 2009

Contact Info: kstange@umich.edu, aviebenstein@gmail.com

*******************************;
* Contents of datado directory ;
*******************************;

Purpose: Data preparation for UI Paper 
Directory: /datado/

1. bam_micro.do. Clean and prepare BAM individual recipients, and
   collapse the data to have state/year observations with averages
   over the recipients.
2. bam_state_year.do. Create collapsed sample of BAM recipients by
   state and year.
3. cpsdata_ui.do. Clean the unemployed persons in the CPS and define
   an eligibility variable. This is collaped to produce state/year
   numbers of unemployed and eligible recipients.
4. doldata_ui.do. Use the raw counts from the Dept of Labor of total
   recipients, initial claims, maximum eligible benefit etc. This
   collapses the data to the  state/year level.
5. eventyears.do. Catalogue of event-dates from interviews with UI
   office staff about the timing of state techonology. If interviews
   are not available, then event years are imputed based on the timing
   of technology adoption by the states. This program is called both
   by bam_micro.do (so that the micro data has event years on it) and
   bam_state_year.do (so that the statexyear data has it on it).
   adoption.

***********************************;
* Contents of analysisdo directory ;
***********************************;

Purpose: Analysis for UI Paper. Generally higher numbered programs are
	 just revisions of earlier analysis programs. 
Directory: /analysisdo/

1. uianalysis1.do. State x year analysis Oct 24th, 2005.
2. uianalysis2.do. State x year analysis Nov 2nd, 2005. (used for PF seminar)
3. uianalysis3.do. State x year analysis Dec 7th, 2005.
4. uianalysis4.do. Preliminary individual-level analysis of claimants
   Mar 18th, 2007.
5. uianalysis5.do. State x year analysis Feb 8th, 2006.
6. uianalysis6.do. Aggregates data to national level and plots wage
   percentiles. Feb 8th, 2006.
7. uianalysis7.do. State x year analysis Mar 18th, 2007 (for PF lunch 3/19)
8. uianalysis8.do. Preliminary state x year plecibo experiments Aug
   24th, 2007.
9. uianalysis9.do. State x year analysis Nov 20th, 2007.

 
***********************************;
* Contents of tables directory ;
***********************************;

Purpose: Output for UI paper.  
Directory: /tables/

Each subdirectory contains output tables for the corresponding
analysis do file.