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SDM data

Description

The following data set contains 67 variables potentially related with Growth. The name of this dataset is related to its authors since it was firstly used in Sala i Martin, Doppelhofer and Miller (2004).

Usage

SDM

Format

A data frame with 88 observations on the following 68 variables

y: Growth of GDP per capita at purchasing power parities between 1960 and 1996.
ABSLATIT: Absolute latitude.
AIRDIST: Logarithm of minimal distance (in km) from New York, Rotterdam, or Tokyo.
AVELF: Average of five different indices of ethnolinguistic fractionalization which is the probability of two random people in a country not speaking the same language.
BRIT: Dummy for former British colony after 1776.
BUDDHA: Fraction of population Buddhist in 1960.
CATH00: Fraction of population Catholic in 1960.
CIV72: Index of civil liberties index in 1972.
COLONY: Dummy for former colony.
CONFUC: Fraction of population Confucian.
DENS60: Population per area in 1960.
DENS65C: Coastal (within 100 km of coastline) population per coastal area in 1965.
DENS65I: Interior (more than 100 km from coastline) population per interior area in 1965.
DPOP6090: Average growth rate of population between 1960 and 1990.
EAST: Dummy for East Asian countries.
ECORG: Degree Capitalism index.
ENGFRAC: Fraction of population speaking English.
EUROPE: Dummy for European economies.
FERTLDC1: Fertility in 1960's.
GDE1: Average share public expenditures on defense as fraction of GDP between 1960 and 1965.
GDPCH60L: Logarithm of GDP per capita in 1960.
GEEREC1: Average share public expenditures on education as fraction of GDP between 1960 and 1965.
GGCFD3: Average share of expenditures on public investment as fraction of GDP between 1960 and 1965.
GOVNOM1: Average share of nominal government spending to nominal GDP between 1960 and 1964.
GOVSH61: Average share government spending to GDP between 1960 and 1964.
GVR61: Share of expenditures on government consumption to GDP in 1961.
H60: Enrollment rates in higher education.
HERF00: Religion measure.
HINDU00: Fraction of the population Hindu in 1960.
IPRICE1: Average investment price level between 1960 and 1964 on purchasing power parity basis.
LAAM: Dummy for Latin American countries.
LANDAREA: Area in km.
LANDLOCK: Dummy for landlocked countries.
LHCPC: Log of hydrocarbon deposits in 1993.
LIFE060: Life expectancy in 1960.
LT100CR: Proportion of country's land area within 100 km of ocean or ocean-navigable river.
MALFAL66: Index of malaria prevalence in 1966.
MINING: Fraction of GDP in mining.
MUSLIM00: Fraction of population Muslim in 1960.
NEWSTATE: Timing of national independence measure: 0 if before 1914; 1 if between 1914 and 1945; 2 if between 1946 and 1989; and 3 if after 1989.
OIL: Dummy for oil-producing country.
OPENDEC1: Ratio of exports plus imports to GDP, averaged over 1965 to 1974.
ORTH00: Fraction of population Orthodox in 1960.
OTHFRAC: Fraction of population speaking foreign language.
P60: Enrollment rate in primary education in 1960.
PI6090: Average inflation rate between 1960 and 1990.
SQPI6090: Square of average inflation rate between 1960 and 1990.
PRIGHTS: Political rights index.
POP1560: Fraction of population younger than 15 years in 1960.
POP60: Population in 1960
POP6560: Fraction of population older than 65 years in 1960.
PRIEXP70: Fraction of primary exports in total exports in 1970.
PROT00: Fraction of population Protestant in 1960.
RERD: Real exchange rate distortions.
REVCOUP: Number of revolutions and military coups.
SAFRICA: Dummy for Sub-Saharan African countries.
SCOUT: Measure of outward orientation.
SIZE60: Logarithm of aggregate GDP in 1960.
SOCIALIST: Dummy for countries under Socialist rule for considerable time during 1950 to 1995.
SPAIN: Dummy variable for former Spanish colonies.
TOT1DEC1: Growth of terms of trade in the 1960's.
TOTIND: Terms of trade ranking
TROPICAR: Proportion of country's land area within geographical tropics.
TROPPOP: Proportion of country's population living in geographical tropics.
WARTIME: Fraction of time spent in war between 1960 and 1990.
WARTORN: Indicator for countries that participated in external war between 1960 and 1990.
YRSOPEN: Number of years economy has been open between 1950 and 1994.
ZTROPICS: Fraction tropical climate zone.

References

Sala i Martin, X., Doppelhofer, G., Miller, R.I. (2004) <DOI: 10.1257/0002828042002570>. Determinants of long-term growth: a Bayesian averaging of classical estimates (BACE) approach. American Economic Review 94: 813–835.