Table 1

Descriptive Statistics for Sample of March CPS Cross-Sections 1970–2008

		Share						Share
Year	N	Female	College	Censored	Topcoded	Year	N	Female	College	Censored	Topcoded
1970	13,725	0.328	0.322	0.003	0.003	1990	18,849	0.409	0.444	0.017	0.017
1971	13,249	0.334	0.328	0.003	0.003	1991	18,248	0.417	0.449	0.018	0.018
1972	13,157	0.331	0.334	0.005	0.005	1992	18,160	0.424	0.473	0.022	0.022
1973	13,699	0.327	0.344	0.005	0.005	1993	16,790	0.412	0.486	0.027	0.027
1974	14,377	0.335	0.350	0.007	0.007	1994	17,313	0.409	0.490	0.034	0.034
1975	11,255	0.349	0.362	0.005	0.005	1995	14,905	0.416	0.492	0.028	0.012
1976	13,979	0.351	0.373	0.007	0.007	1996	14,855	0.413	0.488	0.030	0.014
1977	13,666	0.350	0.374	0.009	0.009	1997	14,734	0.421	0.496	0.038	0.015
1978	14,100	0.362	0.377	0.012	0.012	1998	14,802	0.419	0.510	0.046	0.020
1979	17,542	0.370	0.382	0.017	0.017	1999	14,838	0.421	0.519	0.052	0.023
1980	17,383	0.374	0.386	0.022	0.022	2000	13,849	0.421	0.531	0.060	0.026
1981	15,714	0.380	0.399	0.007	0.007	2001	23,114	0.425	0.539	0.064	0.029
1982	15,303	0.390	0.430	0.011	0.011	2002	22,227	0.428	0.553	0.076	0.017
1983	16,026	0.400	0.426	0.011	0.011	2003	21,719	0.426	0.554	0.078	0.016
1984	16,461	0.395	0.427	0.005	0.005	2004	21,366	0.421	0.557	0.084	0.018
1985	16,989	0.398	0.430	0.006	0.006	2005	21,568	0.425	0.557	0.094	0.019
1986	16,982	0.397	0.439	0.009	0.009	2006	21,414	0.424	0.580	0.106	0.023
1987	19,006	0.402	0.428	0.010	0.010	2007	21,460	0.431	0.591	0.111	0.023
1988	18,363	0.405	0.440	0.012	0.012	2008	21,251	0.440	0.601	0.124	0.026
1989	19,291	0.397	0.443	0.016	0.016

Note: “Share Censored” is the share of wage observations that are topcoded or greater than 100,000.