SDM {BayesVarSel}

SDM data

Description

The following data set contains 67 variables potentially related with Growth. The name of this dataset is related to its authors since it was firstly used in Sala i Martin, Doppelhofer and Miller (2004).

Usage

SDM

Format

A data frame with 88 observations on the following 68 variables

y

Growth of GDP per capita at purchasing power parities between 1960 and 1996.

ABSLATIT

Absolute latitude.

AIRDIST

Logarithm of minimal distance (in km) from New York, Rotterdam, or Tokyo.

AVELF

Average of five different indices of ethnolinguistic fractionalization which is the probability of two random people in a country not speaking the same language.

BRIT

Dummy for former British colony after 1776.

BUDDHA

Fraction of population Buddhist in 1960.

CATH00

Fraction of population Catholic in 1960.

CIV72

Index of civil liberties index in 1972.

COLONY

Dummy for former colony.

CONFUC

Fraction of population Confucian.

DENS60

Population per area in 1960.

DENS65C

Coastal (within 100 km of coastline) population per coastal area in 1965.

DENS65I

Interior (more than 100 km from coastline) population per interior area in 1965.

DPOP6090

Average growth rate of population between 1960 and 1990.

EAST

Dummy for East Asian countries.

ECORG

Degree Capitalism index.

ENGFRAC

Fraction of population speaking English.

EUROPE

Dummy for European economies.

FERTLDC1

Fertility in 1960's.

GDE1

Average share public expenditures on defense as fraction of GDP between 1960 and 1965.

GDPCH60L

Logarithm of GDP per capita in 1960.

GEEREC1

Average share public expenditures on education as fraction of GDP between 1960 and 1965.

GGCFD3

Average share of expenditures on public investment as fraction of GDP between 1960 and 1965.

GOVNOM1

Average share of nominal government spending to nominal GDP between 1960 and 1964.

GOVSH61

Average share government spending to GDP between 1960 and 1964.

GVR61

Share of expenditures on government consumption to GDP in 1961.

H60

Enrollment rates in higher education.

HERF00

Religion measure.

HINDU00

Fraction of the population Hindu in 1960.

IPRICE1

Average investment price level between 1960 and 1964 on purchasing power parity basis.

LAAM

Dummy for Latin American countries.

LANDAREA

Area in km.

LANDLOCK

Dummy for landlocked countries.

LHCPC

Log of hydrocarbon deposits in 1993.

LIFE060

Life expectancy in 1960.

LT100CR

Proportion of country's land area within 100 km of ocean or ocean-navigable river.

MALFAL66

Index of malaria prevalence in 1966.

MINING

Fraction of GDP in mining.

MUSLIM00

Fraction of population Muslim in 1960.

NEWSTATE

Timing of national independence measure: 0 if before 1914; 1 if between 1914 and 1945; 2 if between 1946 and 1989; and 3 if after 1989.

OIL

Dummy for oil-producing country.

OPENDEC1

Ratio of exports plus imports to GDP, averaged over 1965 to 1974.

ORTH00

Fraction of population Orthodox in 1960.

OTHFRAC

Fraction of population speaking foreign language.

P60

Enrollment rate in primary education in 1960.

PI6090

Average inflation rate between 1960 and 1990.

SQPI6090

Square of average inflation rate between 1960 and 1990.

PRIGHTS

Political rights index.

POP1560

Fraction of population younger than 15 years in 1960.

POP60

Population in 1960

POP6560

Fraction of population older than 65 years in 1960.

PRIEXP70

Fraction of primary exports in total exports in 1970.

PROT00

Fraction of population Protestant in 1960.

RERD

Real exchange rate distortions.

REVCOUP

Number of revolutions and military coups.

SAFRICA

Dummy for Sub-Saharan African countries.

SCOUT

Measure of outward orientation.

SIZE60

Logarithm of aggregate GDP in 1960.

SOCIALIST

Dummy for countries under Socialist rule for considerable time during 1950 to 1995.

SPAIN

Dummy variable for former Spanish colonies.

TOT1DEC1

Growth of terms of trade in the 1960's.

TOTIND

Terms of trade ranking

TROPICAR

Proportion of country's land area within geographical tropics.

TROPPOP

Proportion of country's population living in geographical tropics.

WARTIME

Fraction of time spent in war between 1960 and 1990.

WARTORN

Indicator for countries that participated in external war between 1960 and 1990.

YRSOPEN

Number of years economy has been open between 1950 and 1994.

ZTROPICS

Fraction tropical climate zone.

References

Sala i Martin, X., Doppelhofer, G., Miller, R.I. (2004) <DOI: 10.1257/0002828042002570>. Determinants of long-term growth: a Bayesian averaging of classical estimates (BACE) approach. American Economic Review 94: 813–835.

Examples

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