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Dec 14, 2015
Klein Goldewijk, Kees; Fink-Jensen, Jonathan, 2015, "Lead Production", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/LKWIXZ, IISH Data Collection, V1
Lead is a very corrosion-resistant, dense, ductile, and malleable blue-gray metal that has been used for at least 5,000 years. Early uses of lead included building materials, pigments for glazing ceramics, and pipes for transporting water. The castles and cathedrals of Europe con... |
Dec 13, 2015
Foldvari, Peter, 2015, "Latent Democracy Variable", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/XYJ2H2, IISH Data Collection, V1
The latent democracy variable extracted from five components of the PoltiyIV (XRCOMP, XROPEN, XCONST, PARCOMP, PARREG) and two components of Vanhanen’s Index of Demcoracy (participation and competition) |
Dec 13, 2015
de Zwart, Pim; van Leeuwen, Bas; van Leeuwen-Li, Jieli, 2015, "Labourers Real Wage", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/QK8VRF, IISH Data Collection, V1
The building labourers’ real wage is given annually for the period 1850-2010. |
Dec 13, 2015
Klein Goldewijk, Kees; Fink-Jensen, Jonathan, 2015, "Iron Ore Production", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/2KHSYM, IISH Data Collection, V1
Iron is the world's most commonly used metal - steel, of which iron ore is the key ingredient, representing almost 95% of all metal used per year. It is used primarily in structural engineering applications and in maritime purposes, automobiles, and general industrial application... |
Dec 13, 2015
Carmichael, Sarah; Dilli, Selin; Rijpma, Auke, 2015, "Gender-equal Inheritance", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/Z5HDBU, IISH Data Collection, V1
Whether women have equal rights to inherit as men serves can serve as an indication of their legal standing and general and is also and important determinant of their economic position in itself, specifically whether they are able to accumulate wealth. Inheritance practices of et... |
Dec 13, 2015
de Zwart, Pim, 2015, "Inflation", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/UJ3H1Q, IISH Data Collection, V1
Inflation, annual percentage change |
Dec 13, 2015
Baten, Joerg; Blum, Mathias, 2015, "Infant Mortality", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/H83HEV, IISH Data Collection, V1
Infant mortality was large component of overall mortailtiy, because children in their first year of life are particularly vulnerable. Moreover, the variable can serve as an indicator of the disease environment, when it comes to assessing the proximate determinants of height. |
Dec 13, 2015
Moatsos, Michalis; van Zanden, Jan Luiten; Baten, Joerg; Foldvari, Peter; van Leeuwen, Bas, 2015, "Income Inequality", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/6OHMDS, IISH Data Collection, V1
gross household income gini is given for benchmark years for the period 1820-2000. |
Dec 13, 2015
Fink-Jensen, Jonathan, 2015, "Homicide Rates", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/FMI6L9, IISH Data Collection, V1
The World Countries Homicide rate dataset comprises information on the numbers of deaths classified as homicide per 100.000 inhabitants per each country for the period 1800-2000. Data has been gathered and organized in 1-year intervals, using as geographical reference the current... |
Dec 13, 2015
Baten, Joerg; Blum, Mathias, 2015, "Height Gini", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/HKZPR9, IISH Data Collection, V1
This variable contains anthropometric information which can be used as a proxy for the inequality of human health and welfare in 119 countries spanning the period 1810-1989, although for most countries only a few birth decades are documented. The data set was created to provide a... |
