dur_john: Durlauf and Johnson (1995) data
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Description
Data distributed by Durlauf and Johnson (1995) to document their empirical work.
Usage
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Format
A data frame with 96 rows and 7 variables:
- GDPGwth
GDP growth as log difference between per capita GDP in 1985 and 1960.
- LogGDP1960
Log per capita GDP in 1960.
- LogInvGDP
Log average ratio of investment (including government investment)
to GDP from 1960 to 1985.
- LogPopGwth
Log average growth rate of working-age population from 1960 to 1985.
- LogSchool
Log average fraction of working-age population enrolled in
secondary school from 1960 to 1985.
- GDP1960
Per capita GDP in 1960.
- Literacy
Fraction of the population over 15 years old that is able
to read and write in 1960.
Source
Original data are reported in the appendix of Durlauf and Johnson (1995),
pp. 379–380, and can be downloaded under
http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/jae/1995-v10.4/durlauf-johnson/.
Original data have been transformed to match Eq. (7) in Durlauf and
Johnson (1995) and Section 5 in Hansen (2000), respectively.
Documentation is taken from the Journal of Applied Econometrics FTP
(see link above).
All of the data with the exception of Literacy are from Mankiw, Romer and
Weil (1992). Literacy is from the World Bank's World Development Report.
References
Durlauf, S. N. and Johnson, P. A. (1995).
Multiple regimes and cross-country growth behavior.
Journal of Applied Econometrics, 10(4):365–384.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.3950100404.
Mankiw, N. G., Romer, D., and Weil, D. N. (1992).
A contribution to the empirics of economic growth.
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 107(2):407–437.
https://doi.org/10.2307/2118477.
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Description Usage Format Source References
Description
Data distributed by Durlauf and Johnson (1995) to document their empirical work.
Usage
1 |
Format
A data frame with 96 rows and 7 variables:
- GDPGwth
GDP growth as log difference between per capita GDP in 1985 and 1960.
- LogGDP1960
Log per capita GDP in 1960.
- LogInvGDP
Log average ratio of investment (including government investment) to GDP from 1960 to 1985.
- LogPopGwth
Log average growth rate of working-age population from 1960 to 1985.
- LogSchool
Log average fraction of working-age population enrolled in secondary school from 1960 to 1985.
- GDP1960
Per capita GDP in 1960.
- Literacy
Fraction of the population over 15 years old that is able to read and write in 1960.
Source
Original data are reported in the appendix of Durlauf and Johnson (1995), pp. 379–380, and can be downloaded under http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/jae/1995-v10.4/durlauf-johnson/. Original data have been transformed to match Eq. (7) in Durlauf and Johnson (1995) and Section 5 in Hansen (2000), respectively. Documentation is taken from the Journal of Applied Econometrics FTP (see link above). All of the data with the exception of Literacy are from Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992). Literacy is from the World Bank's World Development Report.
References
Durlauf, S. N. and Johnson, P. A. (1995). Multiple regimes and cross-country growth behavior. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 10(4):365–384. https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.3950100404.
Mankiw, N. G., Romer, D., and Weil, D. N. (1992). A contribution to the empirics of economic growth. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 107(2):407–437. https://doi.org/10.2307/2118477.
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