pwt9: PWT 9.0
In amarjen/pwt9: PWT 9.0 Dataset

PWT version 9.0 is a database with information on relative levels of income, output, inputs and productivity, covering 182 countries between 1950 and 2014. Released on: June 9, 2016

pwt9

A data frame with 11830 rows and 47 variables:

Identifier variables

countrycode: 3-letter ISO country code
country: Country name
currency_unit: Currency unit
year: Year

Real GDP, employment and population levels

rgdpe: Expenditure-siderealGDP atchained PPPs(in mil. 2005US$)
rgdpo: Output-siderealGDP atchained PPPs(in mil. 2005US$)
pop: Population (in millions)
emp: Number of persons engaged (in millions)
avh: Average annual hours worked by persons engaged
hc: Index of human capital per person, based on years of schooling (Barro/Lee, 2012) and returns to education (Psacharopoulos, 1994)

Current price GDP, capital and TFP

ccon: Real consumption of households and government, at current PPPs (in mil. 2005US$)
cda: Real domestic absorption, (real consumption plus investment), at current PPPs (in mil. 2005US$)
cgdpe: Expenditure-side real GDP at current PPPs (in mil. 2005US$)
cgdpo: Output-side real GDP at current PPPs (in mil. 2005US$)
ck: Capital stock at currentPPPs(in mil. 2005US$)
ctfp: TFP level at currentPPPs(USA=1)
cwtfp: Welfare-relevant TFP levels at current PPPs (USA=1)

National accounts-based variables

rgdpna: RealGDP at constant 2005 national prices (in mil. 2005US$)
rconna: Real consumption at constant 2005 national prices (in mil. 2005US$)
rdana: Real domestic absorption at constant 2005 national prices (in mil. 2005US$)
rkna: Capital stock at constant 2005 national prices (in mil. 2005US$)
rtfpna: TFP at constant national prices (2005=1)
rwtfpna: Welfare-relevant TFP at constant national prices (2005=1)
labsh: Share of labour compensation in GDP at current national prices
delta: Average depreciation rate of the capital stock

Exchange rates and GDP price levels

xr: Exchange rate, national currency/USD (market+estimated)
pl_con: Price level of CCON (PPP/XR), price level of USA GDPo in 2005=1
pl_da: Price level of CDA (PPP/XR), price level of USA GDPo in 2005=1
pl_gdpo: Price level of CGDPo (PPP/XR), price level of USA GDPo in 2005=1

Data information variables

i_cig: 0/1/2: relative price data for consumption, investment and government is extrapolated (0), benchmark (1) or interpolated (2)
i_xm: 0/1/2: relative price data for exports and imports is extrapolated (0), benchmark (1) or interpolated (2)
i_xr: 0/1: the exchange rate is market-based (0) or estimated (1)
i_outlier: 0/1: the observation on pl_gdpe or pl_gdpo is not an outlier (0) or an outlier (1)
cor_exp: Correlation between expenditure shares of the country and the US (benchmark observations only)
statcap: Statistical capacity indicator (source: World Bank, developing countries only)

Shares in CGDPo

csh_c: Share of household consumption at current PPPs
csh_i: Share of gross capital formation at current PPPs
csh_g: Share of government consumption at current PPPs
csh_x: Share of merchandise exports at current PPPs
csh_m: Share of merchandise imports at current PPPs
csh_r: Share of residual trade and GDP statistical discrepancy at current PPPs

Price levels, expenditure categories and capital

pl_c: Price level of household consumption, price level of USA GDPo in 2005=1
pl_i: Price level of capital formation, price level of USA GDPo in 2005=1
pl_g: Price level of government consumption, price level of USA GDPo in 2005=1
pl_x: Price level of exports, price level of USA GDPo in 2005=1
pl_m: Price level of imports, price level of USA GDPo in 2005=1
pl_k: Price level of the capital stock, price level of USA in 2005=1

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Source: http://www.rug.nl/research/ggdc/data/pwt/pwt-9.0

Feenstra, Robert C., Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer (2015), "The Next Generation of the Penn World Table" American Economic Review, 105(10), 3150-3182, available for download atwww.ggdc.net/pwt

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