mqy2015: Data from Meng, Qian and Yared (2015).

mqy2015R Documentation

Data from Meng, Qian and Yared (2015).

Description

A panel dataset of 23 Chinese provinces from 1953-1982 with data on official and constructed grain production. This data is used to show that food production and mortality were correlated during the great famine which occurs from 1958-1960.

Usage

mqy2015

Format

A data frame with 689 rows and 8 variables:

province

name of province

year

the year

lgrain

offical government issued

lgrain_pred

predicted log grain production (to correct misreports)

ldeath_b

log number of deaths in the following year

lurbpop

log urban population

ltotpop

log total population

main

logical for provinces included in main sample of 19 provinces

Source

https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdv016


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