Documentation for this disk. There are 8 files for the original Barro data set. The ninth file listed (BARRO9.DAT) matches certain variables from the World Development Report data set with the Barro data set. There are 118 cross-sectional observations on each file. Names of variables on the files follow the file names below. Variable descriptions and countries included in the samples follow that. Missing values on each of these files have been set to -1.0E-15, values consistent with HUMMER. If one wishes to be completely consistent with Barro's empirical work, then when the 98 country sample is used, each variable should be interacted with the BIGSAMP dummy. Likewise, if the 76 country sample is desired, interactions with the SMLSAMP variable should be made. As a check, means and variances of the interacted variables should be computed and compared to the appendix results in Barro's empirical paper. Note, however, that the ASSASS variable is not correct. The assassinations variable listed below and on the file is that identified by Barro as being the assassinations variable. However, what we see is not what he claims it to be. Further, no other variable on his original file has a mean/variance matching that listed in his paper. The variable names and descriptions should match up to those used in Barro's empirical piece fairly well. THE FILES: File = Barro1.dat Variables = bigsamp smlsamp sec60 sec85 soc stteapr File = Barro2.dat Variables = sttease iy_7085 iy_6085 latin lit60 mixed File = Barro3.dat Variables = mort04 pppi60 pppy60 prim60 prim85 rev File = Barro4.dat Variables = ppi60dev gdp85 gr6085 gr7085 africa fert File = Barro5.dat Variables = fertnet gi/y gi/i gpop6080 gc/y File = Barro6.dat Variables = prim70 sec70 pop70 gov hsgov gde File = Barro7.dat Variables = pop60 pop85 assass gdp70 geetot gtran File = Barro8.dat Variables = gdp60 prim50 sec50 File = Barro9.dat Variables = ko2 k2 black infl tvalx2 The following transformations must be made to get the population variables (geometric means, as in the Barro empirical paper): pop_6085 = sqrt(pop60(t)*pop85(t)) pop_7085 = sqrt(pop70(t)*pop85(t)) The following transformation creates the private investment dummy: ipriv_y = iy_7085(t)-gi/y(t) VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS for the files: Barro1.Dat - Barro8.Dat AFRICA : Dummy for Sub-Sahara Africa ASSASS : Number of assassinations per million population per year (1960-1985 or sub sample) BIGSMPL : Dummy for the 98 country sample; 1 = included in the 98 country sample, missing o'wise. FERT : Total fertility rate, average of yearly rates for 1965 and 1985 FERTNET : FERTAV*(1-MORTAV) GC/Y : Ratio of real government "consumption" expenditure net of spending on defense and on education to real GDP. (=HSGOV-GDE-GEETOT; see below) GDE : Average from 1970 to 1985 of the ratio of nominal government expenditure on defense to nominal GDP. GDPxx : GDP per capita in real terms; xx is the year GEETOT : Average from 1970 to 1985 of the ratio of nominal government expenditure on education to nominal GDP. GI/I : Average from 1970 to 1985 of the ratio of real public domestic investment to real domestic investment (private plus public).(GII=GGCFD/HSINV) GOV : Ratio of real government "consumption" expenditure to real GDP. Average from 1960 to 1985) GPOPxxyy : Growth rate of population from 19xx to 19yy GRxxyy : Growth rate of per capita GDP GTRAN : Nominal Government Transfer Payments as ratio to nominal GDP (Average 1970 to 1985) HSGOV : Ratio of real government "consumption" expenditure to real GDP. (Average from 1970 to 1985). IY_7085 : Average from 1970 to 1985 of the ratio of real domestic investment (private plus public) to real GDP IY_6085 : Average from 1970 to 1985 of the ratio of real domestic investment (private plus public) to real GDP LATIN : Dummy variable for Latin America LIT60 : Adult literacy rate in 1960. MIXED : Dummy variable for mixed free enterprise/socialistic economic system MORT04 : Mortality rate for ages 0 through 4.Average of 1965 and 1985. POPxx : Population in millions for year xx. PPI60DEV : Magnitude of the deviation of PPI60 from the sample mean PPPI60 : 1960 PPP value for the investment deflator (U.S.= 1.0) PPPY60 : 1960 PPP value for the GDP deflator (U.S.= 1.0) PRIMxx : Enrollment ratio for primary education.Constructed as ratio of total students enrolled in primary education to estimated number of individuals in the age bracket 6-11 years. REV : Number of revolutions per year (1960 to 1985 or subperiod). SECxx : Enrollment ratio for secondary education.Constructed as ratio of total students enrolled in secondary education to estimated number of individuals in the age bracket 12-17 years. SMALLSMP : Dummy variable for the 76 country sample. 1 = included in the 76 country sample, missing o'wise. SOC : Dummy variable for socialist economic system. STTEAPR : Student teacher ratio in primary schools 1960. STTEASE : Student teacher ratio in secondary schools 1960. VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS for the file: Barro9.DAT: KO2 : Capital stock constructed by the perpetual inventory method. K2 : KO2 adjusted by capacity utilization; = KO2*Capacity utilization rate. BLACK : Black market foreign exchange premia (Blk mkt rate - official)/official. INFL : Inflation rate. TVALX2 : Share of imports and exports of goods and non-factor services in GDP COUNTRY CODES-- countries in the data are in this order. + : Country included © : Country excluded # FULL SAMPLE 98 COUNTRIES 76 COUNTRIES 1 ALGERIA + © 2 ANGOLA © © 3 BENIN © © 4 BOTSWANA + + 5 BURUNDI + © 6 CAMEROON + + 7 CAR + © 8 CHAD © © 9 CONGO © © 10 EGYPT + + 11 ETHOPIA + © 12 GABON + © 13 GAMBIA © © 14 GHANA + + 15 GUINEA © © 16 IVORY COAST + © 17 KENYA + + 18 LESOTHO © © 19 LIBERIA + + 20 MADAGASCAR + © 21 MALAWI + + 22 MALI © © 23 MAURITANIA © © 24 MAURITIUS + + 25 MOROCCO + + 26 MOZAMBIQUE © © 27 NIGER © © 28 NIGERIA + © 29 RWANDA + © 30 SENEGAL + + 31 SIERRA LEONE + + 32 SOMALIA © © 33 SOUTH AFRICA + + 34 SUDAN + © 35 SWAZILAND + + 36 TANZANIA + © 37 TOGO + © 38 TUNESIA + + 39 UGANDA + + 40 ZAIRE + + 41 ZAMBIA + + 42 ZIMBABWE + © 43 BANGLADESH + © 44 BURMA + + 45 HONGKONG + © 46 INDIA + + 47 IRAN + + 48 IRAQ © © 49 ISRAEL + + 50 JAPAN + + 51 JORDAN + + 52 KOREA + + 53 KUWAIT © © 54 MALAYSIA + + 55 NEPAL + © 56 PAKISTAN + + 57 PHILLIPINES + + 58 SAUDI ARABIA © © 59 SINGAPORE + + 60 SRI LANKA + + 61 SYRIA © © 62 TAIWAN + + 63 THAILAND + + 64 AUSTRIA + + 65 BELGIUM + + 66 CYPRUS + + 67 DENMARK + + 68 FINLAND + + 69 FRANCE + + 70 GERMANY + + 71 GREECE + + 72 ICELAND + + 73 IRELAND + + 74 ITALY + + 75 LUXEMBOURG + + 76 MALTA + + 77 NETHERLANDS + + 78 NORWAY + + 79 PORTUGAL + © 80 SPAIN + + 81 SWEDEN + + 82 SWITZERLAND + + 83 TURKEY + + 84 UNITED KINGDOM + + 85 BARBADOS + + 86 CANADA + + 87 COSTA RICA + + 88 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC + + 89 EL SALVADOR + + 90 GUATEMALA + + 91 HAITI + © 92 HONDURAS + © 93 JAMAICA + © 94 MEXICO + + 95 NICARAGUA + + 96 PANAMA + + 97 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO + © 98 UNITED STATES + + 99 ARGENTINA + + 100 BOLIVIA + + 101 BRAZIL + + 102 CHILE + + 103 COLOMBIA + + 104 ECUDAOR + + 105 GUYANA + + 106 PARAGUAY + + 107 PERU + + 108 SURINAM © © 109 URUGUAY + + 110 VENEZUELA + + 111 AUSTRALIA + + 112 FIJI + + 113 NEW ZEALAND + + 114 PAPUA NEW GUINEA + + 115 BURKIN0 FASO © © 116 OMAN © © 117 YEMEN © © 118 INDONESIA + ©