colony_long: Data on Sale of Provincial Governorships in Peru, 17th-18th...

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Data on Sale of Provincial Governorships in Peru, 17th-18th century, and Contemporary Outcomes

Description

A dataset linking information on the sale of provincial governorships by the Spanish Crown in Peru during the 17th and 18th century with contemporary development outcomes. The dataset is from Guardado (2018). The variables are as follows:

Usage

data(colony_long)

Format

A (tibble) data frame with 14,494 rows and 90 variables.

Details

• provincia. colonial province name.

• provcode. province code.

• district. contemporary district name.

• ubigeo. contemporary district code enaho 2013.

• conglome. conglomerate code enaho 2013.

• vivienda. house code enaho 2013.

• hogar. household code enaho 2013.

• codperso. individual code enaho 2013.

• lhhequivlm. log of equivalent household consumption minus transfers in Lima prices.

• lhhequiv. log of equivalent household consumption minus transfers in normal prices.

• schoolyears. highest educational level attained (0-21 years).

• QUE. Language learned as a child: Quechua? 1=yes?.

• male. respondent is male? 1=yes.

• age. respondent age.

• kids. # household members aged 0 to 14.

• infants. # household members aged 0 to 4.

• adults. # adult household members.

• localborn. respondent was born in current district where living? 1=yes.

• trust_jne. Trust in Jurado Nacional de Eleccions? 1=a lot/ sufficient.

• trust_onpe. Trust in Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales? 1=a lot/sufficient.

• trust_munic. Trust in provincial government? 1=a lot/sufficient.

• trust_distrit. Trust in district government? 1=a lot/sufficient.

• trust_police. Trust in national police? 1=a lot/sufficient.

• trust_army. Trust in national army? 1=a lot/sufficient.

• trust_judic. Trust in judicial branch? 1=a lot/sufficient.

• trust_government. Trust in regional government? 1=a lot/sufficient.

• trust_paper. Trust in written media? 1=a lot/sufficient.

• trust_radtv. Trust in radio or TV? 1=a lot/sufficient.

• peasant_id. Identified with indigenous peasant groups? 1=yes.

• pop1572. district population in 1572.

• logtributario. log head tax paying individuals in district 1572.

• ltrib_rate. log tax rate in 1572.

• perctribut. share population tax paying.

• percviejos. share population elder.

• percmuchachos. share population young.

• percmujeres. share population women.

• shpriest. share of budget for priests.

• shcorreg. share of budget for colonial administration.

• shcaciq. share of budget for indigenous rulers.

• shencom. share of budget for encomendero.

• toilethouse. share district households with indoor toilets.

• mud. share district households with mud wall material.

• shindig. share indigenous population in district 1876.

• shnonlit. share of illiterate population in district 1876.

• shindig80. share indigenous population in district 1780.

• suitindex. avg agricultural suitability in district.

• z. elevation.

• centerxgd. longitude (based on center of district).

• centerygd. latitude (based on center of district).

• distlima. distance to Lima (based on center of district).

• lz. log elevation.

• ldistlima. log avg distance to Lima (based on center of district).

• pop1827. log province population 1827.

• grossinc1827. gross provincial income 1827.

• pcinc1827. per capital provincial income 1827.

• wage. wages (in pesos) throughout period.

• mita. province to provice forced labor to mines? 1=yes.

• mine. gold or silver mine in province? 1=yes.

• lreparto2. log assigned repartimiento quota (in pesos) in 1754.

• pop54. province population levels in 1754 (Golte).

• ind54. province indigenous population levels in 1754 (Golte).

• tribut. number of tax paying indigenous in province in 1754.

• orig. number of tax paying indigenous born in province in 1754.

• forastero. number of tax paying indigenous born outside province in 1754.

• lpop54. log province population levels in 1754 (Golte).

• lind54. log province indigenous population levels in 1754 (Golte).

• postsales. year of known first appointment post office-selling period.

• econactivity2. province is a market hub (circuito comercial)? 1=yes.

• bishop. is the province a bishop seat? 1=yes.

• lwage. log wages during office-selling period.

• pop90. district population in 1990.

• lpop90. log district population in 1990.

• allpositions. total governorships appointed or sold during office-selling.

• sold. total governorships sold in province during office-selling.

• meanprice. avg log office price per capita during war.

• meanpriceh. avg log office price per capita during peace.

• minpriceh. minimum log office price per capita during peace.

• firstpriceh. first log office price per capita during peace.

• border. district bordering other provinces.

• rep50. above the median of repartimiento quota? 1=yes.

• soldpc. share of sold positions by province, weighted by population.

• cases83. All violent incidents in district 1980-83.

• authority83. All violent attacks against political authorities 1980-1983.

• guerrilla83. All violent attacks by Shining Path 1980-83.

• anyreb_pre. total rebellions during office-selling (1708-1752).

• govreb_pre. total anti-governor rebellions during office-selling (1708-1752).

• alltax_pre. total tax-related rebellions during office-selling (1708-1752).

• anyreb_post. total rebellions post office-selling (1752-1780).

• govreb_post. total anti-governor rebellions post office-selling (1752-1780).

• alltax_post. total tax-related rebellions post office-selling (1752-1780).

Source

Guardado, J. (2018). Office-selling, corruption, and long-term development in Peru. American Political Science Review, 112(4), 971-995.

hail2thief/ladata documentation built on Sept. 9, 2024, 1:28 p.m.