R/data.R

In DirectEffects: Estimating Controlled Direct Effects for Explaining Causal Findings

#' Data on historical plough use and the socioeconomic status of
#' women.
#'
#' A dataset to replicate the analysis in Alesina, Giuliano, and Nunn
#' (2013).
#'
#' \itemize{
#'   \item isocode. 3-letter code for the country.
#' \item flfp2000. Female labor force participation in 2000
#' \item female_ownership. Percent of firms with female ownership (in
#'   latest survey year)
#' \item women_politics. Women in Politics in 2000, WDI
#' \item plow. Animal plow cultivation variable (v39): Using
#'   Ethnologue - pop weighted
#' \item agricultural_suitability. overall (millets, sorghum, wheat,
#'   barley, rye): share defined as suitable
#' \item tropical_climate. Frac land: tropics and subtropics: using
#'   Ethnologue - pop weighted
#' \item large_animals. presence of large animals
#' \item political_hierarchies. Jurisdictional hierarchy beyond local
#'   community (v33): Using Ethnologue - pop weighted
#' \item economic_complexity. Settlement patterns (v30)
#' \item ln_income. ln (income)
#' \item ln_income_squared. ln (income) ^2
#' \item centered_ln_inc. de-meaned ln_inc
#' \item centered_ln_incsq. de-meaned ln_inc squared
#' \item country. country name
#' \item communist_dummy. Communism indicator variable
#' \item rugged. Ruggedness (Terrain Ruggedness Index, 100 m.)
#' \item years_interstate_conflict. Years of interstate conflict, 1800-2007 - from COW
#' \item serv_va_gdp2000. Value Added in Service/GDP in 2000
#' \item polity2_2000. Polity 2 measure taken from the Polity IV dataset
#' \item oil_pc. oil production/GDP
#' \item ... other variables as annotated in the source.
#' }
#'
#' @docType data
#' @name ploughs
#' @usage data(ploughs)
#' @format A data frame with 234 observations and 57 variables.
#' @source \doi{10.1093/qje/qjt005}
#' @references Alesina, A., Giuliano, P., & Nunn, N. (2013). On the
#' Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough. The Quarterly
#' Journal of Economics, 128(2), 469-530.
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#' Data on civil wars and internal conflict from 1945-1999.
#'
#' A dataset to replicate the analysis in Fearon and Laitin
#' (2003).
#'
#' \itemize{
#' \item ccode. COW country id number
#' \item country. country name
#' \item cname. abbreviated country name
#' \item cmark. 1 for first in each country series
#' \item year. start year of war/conflict
#' \item wars. number wars in progress in country year
#' \item war. 1 if war ongoing in country year
#' \item warl. lagged war, w/ 0 for start of country series
#' \item onset. 1 for civil war onset
#' \item ethonset. 1 if onset = 1 & ethwar ~= 0
#' \item durest. estimated war duration
#' \item aim. 1 = rebels aim at center, 3 = aim at exit or autonomy, 2 = mixed or ambig.
#' \item casename. Id for case, usually name of rebel group(s)
#' \item ended. war ends = 1, 0 = ongoing
#' \item ethwar. 0 = not ethnic, 1 = ambig/mixed, 2 = ethnic
#' \item waryrs. war years for each onset
#' \item pop. population, in 1000s
#' \item lpop. log of pop
#' \item polity2. revised polity score
#' \item gdpen. gdp/pop based on pwt5.6, wdi2001,cow energy data
#' \item gdptype. source/type of gdp/pop estimate
#' \item gdpenl. lagged gdpenl, except for first in country series
#' \item lgdpenl1. log of lagged gdpen
#' \item lpopl1. log population, lagged except for first in country series
#' \item region. country's region, based on MAR project
#' \item western. Dummy for Western Democracies & Japan
#' \item eeurop. Dummy for Eastern Europe
#' \item lamerica. Dummy for Latin America
#' \item ssafrica. Dummy for Sub-Saharan Africa
#' \item asia. Dummy for Asia (not including Japan)
#' \item nafrme. Dummy for North Africa/Middle East
#' \item colbrit. Former British colony
#' \item colfra. former French colony
#' \item mtnest. Estimated percent mountainous terrain
#' \item lmtnest. log of mtnest
#' \item elevdiff. high - low elevation, in meters
#' \item Oil. more than 1/3 export revenues from fuels
#' \item ncontig. noncontiguous state
#' \item ethfrac. ethnic frac. based on Soviet Atlas, plus estimates for missing in 1964
#' \item ef. ethnic fractionalization based on Fearon 2002 APSA paper
#' \item plural. share of largest ethnic group (Fearon 2002 APSA)
#' \item second. share of 2nd largest ethnic group (Fearon 2002 APSA)
#' \item numlang. number languages in Ethnologue > min(1% pop, 1mill)
#' \item relfrac. religious fractionalization
#' \item plurrel. size of largest confession
#' \item minrelpc. size of second largest confession
#' \item muslim. percent muslim
#' \item nwstate. 1 in 1st 2 years of state's existence
#' \item polity2l. lagged polity2, except 1st in country series
#' \item instab. > 2 change in Polity measure in last 3 yrs
#' \item anocl. lagged anocracy (-6 < polity2l < 6)
#' \item deml. lagged democracy (polity2l > 5)
#' \item empethfrac. ethfrac coded for colonial empires
#' \item empwarl. warl coded for data with empires
#' \item emponset. onset coded for data with empires
#' \item empgdpenl. gdpenl coded for empires data
#' \item emplpopl. lpopl coded for empires data
#' \item emplmtnest. lmtnest coded for empires data
#' \item empncontig. ncontig coded for empires
#' \item empolity2l. polity2l adjusted for empires (see fn38 in paper)
#' \item sdwars. number Sambanis/Doyle civ wars in progress
#' \item sdonset. onset of Sambanis/Doyle war
#' \item colwars. number Collier/Hoeffler wars in progress
#' \item colonset. onset of Collier/Hoeffler war
#' \item cowwars. number COW civ wars in progress
#' \item cowonset. onset of COW civ war
#' \item cowwarl. 1 if COW war ongoing in last period
#' \item sdwarl. 1 if S/D war ongoing in last period
#' \item colwarl. 1 if C/H war ongoing in last period
#' }
#'
#' @docType data
#' @name civilwar
#' @usage data(civilwar)
#' @format A data frame with 6610 observations and 69 variables.
#' @source \doi{10.1017/S0003055403000534}
#' @references Fearon, James D., and David A. Laitin (2003). Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War.
#' American Political Science Review, 97(1), 75-90. doi:10.1017/S0003055403000534
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