Datasets

Beyer and Wacker (2022) data set on correlates of economic growth: 1970-2019

This dataset contains 5-year average data on economic growth and its potential determinants for ~150 countries between 1970 and 2019.

When using these data, please cite: 

Beyer, Robert C.M. and Konstantin M. Wacker (2022): "Good Enough for Outstanding Growth: The Experience of Bangladesh in Comparative Perspective." World Bank Policy Research Paper 10150.

Dataset and variable description are available here.

Hartmann and Wacker (2023) code & data for poverty decompositions

When using these data, please cite: 

Hartmann, V. and K.M. Wacker (2023): "Poverty decompositions with counterfactual income and inequality dynamics." Review of Development Economics

Replication repository available here.

Labor Share data & variables as used in van Treeck and Wacker (2020)

This dataset contains labor share data and explanatory variables used in the paper:

van Treeck, K. and K.M. Wacker (2020): "Financial Globalization and the Labor Share in Developing Countries." The World Economy 43(9): 2343-2374. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/twec.12946. 

Please cite the above paper when using these data. 

The dataset (.dta) is available here.

The STATA do file that allows to reproduce the key regression results is available here.

Bilateral FDI data & variables as used in Schneider and Wacker (2022)

This dataset contains bilateral FDI data and explanatory variables used in the paper:

Schneider, S.T. and K.M. Wacker (in press): "Explaining the global landscape of foreign direct investment: knowledge capital, gravity, and the role of culture and institutions." The World Economy.

Please cite the above paper when using these data. 

The dataset (.dta) is available here.

The STATA do file that produces the key regression results and performs cross validation is available here.

Dataset on determinants of economic growth

This dataset contains 5-year average data on economic growth and its potential determinants for over 100 countries between 1970 and 2010. Note that a new dataset on growth correlates is available from Beyer and Wacker (2022), see above.

When using these data, please cite: 

Araujo, Jorge Thompson; Vostroknutova, Ekaterina; Brueckner, Markus; Clavijo, Mateo; Wacker, Konstantin M. (2016): Beyond Commodities: The Growth Challenge of Latin America and the Caribbean. Latin American Development Forum Series; Washington, DC: World Bank

The data have also been used in: 

Moller, Lars Christian and Wacker, Konstantin M. (2017): "Explaining Ethiopia's Growth Acceleration - The Role of Infrastructure and Macroeconomic Policy." World Development 96: 198-215

The dataset (.dta) is available here.

The STATA do file that produces the key tables in Araujo et al. (2016) is available here.