Acemoglou, Johnson, and Robinson (2001) Dataset on Colonial Origins of Comparative Development
ajr2001.RdColonial factors influencing economic development. Updated in 2012, it includes variables related to settler mortality, economic indicators, geographic data, and other socio-political metrics.
Format
A data frame with 64 observations across 31 columns. Missing values are coded as NA.
- longname
Full country name
- shortnam
3-letter country name
- logmort0
Original log settler mortality
- risk
Expected risk
- loggdp
Log GDP per capita (PPP) in 1995
- campaign
Original mortality from campaign
- source0
Country source of own mortality rate
- slave
Data from forced labor
- latitude
Absolute value of latitude
- neoeuro
Indicator for 'New-Europes' (USA, CAN, AUS, NZL)
- asia
Indicator for Asia
- africa
Indicator for Africa
- other
Indicator for 'Other' continent (AUS, NZL, MLT)
- edes1975
Population of European descent, 1975
- campaignsj
Indicator for HKG and NZL
- campaignsj2
Extended recoding of campaign variable
- mortnaval1
Mortality using naval stations, method 1
- logmortnaval1
Log mortality using naval stations, method 1
- mortnaval2
Mortality using naval stations, method 2
- logmortnaval2
Log mortality using naval stations, method 2
- mortjam
Mortality benchmarked to the Caribbean
- logmortjam
Log mortality benchmarked to the Caribbean
- logmortcap250
Log mortality capped at 250
- logmortjam250
Log mortality benchmarked to the Caribbean, capped at 250
- wandcafrica
Indicator for West and Central Africa
- malfal94
Falciparum malaria index, 1994
- wacacontested
Indicator for contested observations in West and Central Africa
- mortnaval2250
Mortality using naval stations, capped at 250
- logmortnaval2250
Log mortality using naval stations, capped at 250
- mortnaval1250
Mortality using naval stations, capped at 250
- logmortnaval1250
Log mortality using naval stations, capped at 250
Source
Acemoglou, D., Johnson, S., & Robinson, J. A. (2001). "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation." American Economic Review. Updated version (2012): "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply." Data available at https://www.aeaweb.org/aer/data/oct2012/20110390_data.zip