| ploughs {DirectEffects} | R Documentation |
Data on historical plough use and the socioeconomic status of women.
Description
A dataset to replicate the analysis in Alesina, Giuliano, and Nunn (2013).
Usage
data(ploughs)
Format
A data frame with 234 observations and 57 variables.
Details
isocode. 3-letter code for the country.
flfp2000. Female labor force participation in 2000
female_ownership. Percent of firms with female ownership (in latest survey year)
women_politics. Women in Politics in 2000, WDI
plow. Animal plow cultivation variable (v39): Using Ethnologue - pop weighted
agricultural_suitability. overall (millets, sorghum, wheat, barley, rye): share defined as suitable
tropical_climate. Frac land: tropics and subtropics: using Ethnologue - pop weighted
large_animals. presence of large animals
political_hierarchies. Jurisdictional hierarchy beyond local community (v33): Using Ethnologue - pop weighted
economic_complexity. Settlement patterns (v30)
ln_income. ln (income)
ln_income_squared. ln (income) ^2
centered_ln_inc. de-meaned ln_inc
centered_ln_incsq. de-meaned ln_inc squared
country. country name
communist_dummy. Communism indicator variable
rugged. Ruggedness (Terrain Ruggedness Index, 100 m.)
years_interstate_conflict. Years of interstate conflict, 1800-2007 - from COW
serv_va_gdp2000. Value Added in Service/GDP in 2000
polity2_2000. Polity 2 measure taken from the Polity IV dataset
oil_pc. oil production/GDP
... other variables as annotated in the source.
Source
doi: 10.1093/qje/qjt005
References
Alesina, A., Giuliano, P., & Nunn, N. (2013). On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 128(2), 469-530.