Numerical order of observations
World Bank country code
Country name
Dummy=1 if national capital
Year, 60-95
Real GDP/cap Penn5.6 '95 est WB
1965 dummy
1975 dummy
1985 dummy
1995 dummy
Land area sq km WB
Fertility rate 5yr avg WB
Fertility rate WB
Avg yrs higher school male BL
Avg yrs higher school female BL
Population of largest city UN
Name of largest city in nation
Federalism index using 9 components
Federalism index using 6 components
Population reside in urban areas
Population, total
(mean) gini
Gini index WB WDI 1998
Ethnolinguistic frac La-Porta
English common law La-Porta
Socialist law La-Porta et al
French civil law La-Porta
German civil law La-Porta
Percent catholic La-Porta
Percent muslim La-Porta
Latitude (scaled 0-1) La-Porta
Middle income in 1984 WDI
log of urban population
log of population
log of real GDP
log of land area
urban population (%)
share of largest metro area
interactive dummy for capital
log of primate city population
democracy, average, last 5 yr
dem-autoc, average, last 5 yr
INV/GDP, BL av last 5 yr
INV/GDP, WB av last 5 yr
INV/GDP, PN av last 5 yr
Life expectency,av last 5 yr
Gini coff.,av last 5 yr
regional democracy
local democracy
regional and local democracy
% central gov in Exp.-Repay.
% central gov in C exp.
% central gov in C+K exp.
Share of transfers in central gov Exp.-Repay.
indebt code, 4-1
income code, 1-5
regional code, 11-51
territory dummy, 1=territory
population dummy, 1=(pop>1M)
region/income categories