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Dec 13, 2015
Baten, Joerg; Blum, Mathias, 2015, "Height", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/IAEKLA, IISH Data Collection, V1
This variable contains anthropometric information which can be used as an indicator for human health and welfare in 165 countries spanning the period 1810-1989, and a smaller number of countries 1500-1800 |
Dec 13, 2015
Reinhart, Carmen M.; Rogoff, Kenneth S., 2015, "Gold Standard", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/MX7AIJ, IISH Data Collection, V1
A binary variable denoting if a country in a particular year had a gold standard or not. |
Dec 13, 2015
Klein Goldewijk, Kees; Fink-Jensen, Jonathan, 2015, "Gold Production", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/MRQ2XJ, IISH Data Collection, V1
Gold has been treasured since ancient times for its beauty and permanence. Most of the gold that is fabricated today goes into the manufacture of jewelry. However, because of its superior electrical conductivity and resistance to corrosion and other desirable combinations of phys... |
Dec 13, 2015
Klein Goldewijk, Kees, 2015, "Goats per Capita", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/BSS0NQ, IISH Data Collection, V1
Estimation of goats per capita based on historical sources and modelling. |
Dec 13, 2015
Baten, Joerg, 2015, "Gender Equality of Numeracy", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/T2BLXB, IISH Data Collection, V1
Gender equality of numeracy is defined as ((whipple index women-whipple index men)/whipple index men)*100 |
Dec 13, 2015
Carmichael, Sarah; Dilli, Selin; Rijpma, Auke, 2015, "Gender Equality Years of Education", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/OTHFUK, IISH Data Collection, V1
Barro and Lee (2010) provide data on educational attainment disaggregated by age groups over 15 and by sex. The information on average years of education has been used to evaluate the progress that has been made in the second half of the 20th century in closing the gender gap reg... |
Dec 13, 2015
Ribeiro da Silva, Filipa, 2015, "Female life expectancy at Birth", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/G5L8IO, IISH Data Collection, V1
The Female Life expectancy dataset comprises information on number of years of life expectancy among women in different world countries for the period 1750-2000. Data has been gathered and organized in 50-years intervals for the period 1750-1800 and in 10-years intervals for the... |
Dec 13, 2015
Bosch, Reinoud, 2015, "Exchange Rates to US Dollar", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/KC0ZHV, IISH Data Collection, V1
Exchange rates to one unit of currency of the US (yearly averages). |
Dec 13, 2015
van Leeuwen, Bas; van Leeuwen-Li, Jieli, 2015, "Educational Inequality Gini Coefficient", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/KORKQW, IISH Data Collection, V1
The Gini of the spread of education in the total population aged 15 years and older is given for the period 1850-2010 (the time period varies by country). |
Dec 13, 2015
Klein Goldewijk, Kees, 2015, "Cropland per Capita", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/DONJXY, IISH Data Collection, V1
Cropland occupied roughly less than 1% of the global ice-free land area for a long time period until 1000 A.D., quite similar like the area used for pasture. In the centuries that followed the share of global cropland increased to 2% in 1700 A.D. (ca. 3 million km2), and 11% in 2... |
