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Silver Production
Dec 14, 2015 - Clio Infra
Klein Goldewijk, Kees; Fink-Jensen, Jonathan, 2015, "Silver Production", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/OX6FCP, IISH Data Collection, V1
Silver has been used for thousands of years as ornaments and utensils, for trade, and as the basis for many monetary systems. Of all the metals, pure silver has the whitest color, the highest optical reflectivity, and the highest thermal and electrical conductivity. Also, silver...
Sheep per Capita
Dec 14, 2015 - Clio Infra
Klein Goldewijk, Kees, 2015, "Sheep per Capita", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/EPD5LB, IISH Data Collection, V1
Historical sheep statistics from Mitchell are first adjusted to match the FAO statistics in 1961 (FAO presents statistics from 1961-present time). Then, the most historical data found in Mitchell is converted in a simple per-capita number, and this number is kept constant further...
Sex Ratio
Dec 14, 2015 - Clio Infra
Carmichael, Sarah; Dilli, Selin; Rijpma, Auke, 2015, "Sex Ratio", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/RVRFKS, IISH Data Collection, V1
Following Sen (1992), the ratio of girls to boys is used to assess discrimination against women in the area of health. There should be a fixed rate of male to female births in humans (about 5 % more boys than girls). In some countries and regions, however, there are much more boy...
Polyarchy
Dec 14, 2015 - Clio Infra
Vanhanen, Tatu, 2015, "Polyarchy", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/OS5A57, IISH Data Collection, V1
The value of the Democracy Index by Vanhanen. The value of the index is the ratio of the indices of political Competition and Participation. The former equals the share of votes received by the non-ruling parties in the elections, while the latter is the percentage of population...
Polity2 Index
Dec 14, 2015 - Clio Infra
Marshall, M.G.; Jaggers, K.; Gurr, T.R., 2015, "Polity2 Index", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/HOPFWK, IISH Data Collection, V1
Autocracy-democracy index (polity2)ranging between -10 (total autocracy) and 10 (total democracy) from the Polity IV dataset
Pigs per Capita
Dec 14, 2015 - Clio Infra
Klein Goldewijk, Kees, 2015, "Pigs per Capita", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/KRWHME, IISH Data Collection, V1
Estimates of pigs per capita based on historical sources and modelling.
Pasture per Capita
Dec 14, 2015 - Clio Infra
Klein Goldewijk, Kees, 2015, "Pasture per Capita", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/ACOPHR, IISH Data Collection, V1
Pasture occupied roughly less than 1% of the global ice-free land area for a long time period until 1000 A.D.. In the centuries that followed the share of global pasture area grew from 2% in 1700 A.D. to 24% in 2000 A.D. (34 million km2). These profound land use changes have had,...
Political Participation
Dec 14, 2015 - Clio Infra
Vanhanen, Tatu, 2015, "Political Participation", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/UOKWUF, IISH Data Collection, V1
Component of Vanhanen’s polyarchy index. Political participation is defined as the percentage of adult population that cast a ballot in elections.
Regulation of Participation (PARREG)
Dec 14, 2015 - Clio Infra
Marshall, M.G.; Gurr, T.R.; Jaggers, K., 2015, "Regulation of Participation (PARREG)", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/V6AEFF, IISH Data Collection, V1
A component of the polityIV measure.
Competitiveness of Participations (PARCOMP)
Dec 14, 2015 - Clio Infra
Marshall, M.G.; Gurr, T.R.; Jaggers, K., 2015, "Competitiveness of Participations (PARCOMP)", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/9J8MJG, IISH Data Collection, V1
A component of the polityIV measure.
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