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Data on historical plough use and the socioeconomic status of women.

Source: R/data.R
ploughs.Rd

A dataset to replicate the analysis in Alesina, Giuliano, and Nunn (2013).

A dataset to replicate the analysis in Alesina, Giuliano, and Nunn (2013).

Usage

data(ploughs)

data(ploughs)

Format

A data frame with 234 observations and 57 variables.

A data frame with 234 observations and 57 variables.

Source

doi:10.1093/qje/qjt005

doi:10.1093/qje/qjt005

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.

  • 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.

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. doi:10.1093/qje/qjt005

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. doi:10.1093/qje/qjt005