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Labor Market Dynamics and the Migration Behavior of Married Couples 
Christine Braun, Charlie Nusbaum, Peter Rupert

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      DataCode

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File: AppendixData.do
	
	Program: Stata 16.0
	Runtime: ~15 min
	Input: 	 AppendixData.dta
	Output:  wages_gap.dta
			 TableA1.tex - TableA13.tex
	Purpose: Creates all tables found in the appendix as well as the relative wages of men and women.
	
File: FiguresData.do (must be run before FiguresAndTables.R)
	
	Program: Stata 16.0
	Runtime: ~ 5 min
	Input:   FiguresData.dta & cpi.dta
	Output:  lf_sex.csv
			 dualearner.csv
			 marstat_cps.csv
			 adj_mobility.csv
	Purpose: Create the csv files for all figures.
	
File: FiguresAndTables.R 

	Program:  R 3.6.1
	Packages: ggplot2, reshape2, car, imputeTS
	Runtime:  ~ 5 min
	Inputs:   marstat_cps.csv
			  lf_sex.csv
			  dualearner.csv
			  _Historical_Wage_Data_Revised2.csv
			  TrendRegData.csv
	Outputs: Table1.tex 
			 Figure1.eps - Figure5.eps
	Purpose: Creates all figures and tables in section 2 of the paper. 


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File: MainBenchmark.m
	
	Program: MatLab 2019a on 6 Core, 32 GB, 3.1GHz 2019 iMac
	Runtime: ~30 min
	Input: 	 CalibrationResultsBenchmark.mat
	Outputs: Tables/figures in sections 4 and 5.1 of our paper.
			 
	Purpose: Creates output for use in all figures and tables relating to the benchmark model of the paper


File: MainEndogenousParticipation.m
	
	Program: MatLab 2019a on 6 Core, 32 GB, 3.1GHz 2019 iMac
	Runtime: ~20 min
	Input: 	 CalibrationResults_ParticipationModel.mat, 	                                
                 Calibration_ParticipationParameters.mat
	Output:  Tables/figures in section 5.2 of our paper
			 
	Purpose: Creates output for use in all figures and tables relating to our model with endogenous labor force participation


File: MainExogenousMoves.m
	
	Program: MatLab 2019a on 6 Core, 32 GB, 3.1GHz 2019 iMac
	Runtime: ~35 min
	Input: 	 Calibration_ParticipationParameters_ExogMoves.mat,
		 CalibrationResults_ExogMovesModel.mat
	Output:  Tables/figures in section 5.3 and appendix B.2
			 
	Purpose: Creates output for use in all figures and tables relating to our model with both exogenous moves and endogenous participation

File: MainInequality.m
	
	Program: MatLab 2018a on UCSB CNSI Knot Cluster: 12 Core, 48 GB, 2.66GHz
	Runtime: ~1 min (~6 hrs with data simulation)
	Input: 	 CalibrationResults2000.mat
		 Counterfactual1964.mat
		 FM_Results2000.mat
                 FM_Results1964.mat
	Output:  Tables/figures in section 5.4 of our paper
			 
	Purpose: Creates output for use in the table relating to the inequality measures produced by our benchmark model