* Instructions for Downloading Public-Use CPS and SIPP Data

You will need to download several publicly available datasets and place them into the "Raw Data" folder after converting into Stata format. These include the following datasets: 
	
2012 CPS ASEC (March Supplement)
i. Download the core data file from https://data.nber.org/data/current-population-survey-data.html and read it into Stata using the programs available from http://data.nber.org/data/cps_progs.html (specifically "cpsmar12.do and cpsmar12.dct"). Call the resulting Stata dataset "cpsmar12.dta".

ii. Download the replicate weights Stata data file for the 2012 CPS ASEC from http://data.nber.org/data/current-population-survey-replicate-weights.html#asec2012. Call the resulting Stata dataset "cpsrwasec2012.dta". 

2008 SIPP Panel (Wave 9)
i. Download the core data file ("08w9.zip") from https://data.nber.org/data/survey-of-income-and-program-participation-sipp-data.html and read it into Stata using the programs available at the same link (specifically "08w9.do" and "08w9.dct"). Call the resulting Stata dataset "sippl08puw9.dta". 

ii. Download the replicate weights data file ("08rw9.zip") from https://data.nber.org/data/survey-of-income-and-program-participation-sipp-data.html and read it into Stata using the programs available at the same link (specifically "08rw9.do" and "08rw9.dct"). Call the resulting Stata dataset "sipprw08w9.dta". 

2008 SIPP Panel (topical modules for Waves 2, 6, 7, 9, 10):
i. Download the topical module data file ("08t2.zip") for Wave 2 from https://data.nber.org/data/survey-of-income-and-program-participation-sipp-data.html and read it into Stata using the programs available at the same link ("08t2.do" and "08t2.dct"). Call the resulting Stata dataset "sippp08putm2.dta".

ii. Download the topical module data file ("08t6.zip") for Wave 6 from https://data.nber.org/data/survey-of-income-and-program-participation-sipp-data.html and read it into Stata using the programs available at the same link ("08t6.do" and "08t6.dct"). Call the resulting Stata dataset "sippp08putm6.dta".

iii. Download the topical module data file ("08t7.zip") for Wave 7 from https://data.nber.org/data/survey-of-income-and-program-participation-sipp-data.html and read it into Stata using the programs available at the same link ("08t7.do" and "08t7.dct"). Call the resulting Stata dataset "sippp08putm7.dta".

iv. Download the topical module data file ("08t9.zip") for Wave 9 from https://data.nber.org/data/survey-of-income-and-program-participation-sipp-data.html and read it into Stata using the programs available at the same link ("08t9.do" and "08t9.dct"). Call the resulting Stata dataset "sippp08putm9.dta".

v. Download the topical module data file ("08t10.zip") for Wave 10 from https://data.nber.org/data/survey-of-income-and-program-participation-sipp-data.html and read it into Stata using the programs available at the same link ("08t10.do" and "08t10.dct"). Call the resulting Stata dataset "sippp08putm10.dta".

For each of these datasets, make sure to type "destring, replace" before saving in Stata. 
