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Volume 112 Issue 478 (March 2002)

HUMAN CAPITAL INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: SOME NEW EVIDENCE

Amparo Castelló, Rafael Doménech

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Description of data:

Definition of variables and Source identifying Variables

SHCODE: Numerical country code in SH v.5.0.
WBCTRY: World Bank country code

SHCODE COUNTRY NAME WBCTRY

1 Algeria DZA
3 Benin BEN
4 Botswana BWA
7 Cameroon CMR
9 Central African Republic CAF
12 Congo COG
13 Egypt EGY
16 Gambia GMB
17 Ghana GHA
19 Guinea-Bissau GNB
21 Kenya KEN
22 Lesotho LSO
23 Liberia LBR
25 Malawi MWI
26 Mali MLI
27 Mauritania MRT
28 Mauritius MUS
29 Morocco MAR
30 Mozambique MOZ
31 Niger NER
33 Rwanda RWA
34 Senegal SEN
36 Sierra Leone SLE
38 South Africa ZAF
39 Sudan SDN
40 Swaziland SWZ
41 Tanzania TZA
42 Togo TGO
43 Tunisia TUN
44 Uganda UGA
45 Zaire ZAR
46 Zambia ZMB
47 Zimbabwe ZWE
49 Barbados BRB
50 Canada CAN
51 Costa Rica CRI
53 Dominican Republic DOM
54 El Salvador SLV
56 Guatemala GTM
57 Haiti HTI
58 Honduras HND
59 Jamaica JAM
60 Mexico MEX
61 Nicaragua NIC
62 Panama PAN
65 Trinidad & Tobago TTO
66 United States USA
67 Argentina ARG
68 Bolivia BOL
69 Brazil BRA
70 Chile CHL
71 Colombia COL
72 Ecuador ECU
73 Guyana GUY
74 Paraguay PRY
75 Peru PER
77 Uruguay URY
78 Venezuela VEN
79 Afghanistan AFG
80 Bahrain BHR
81 Bangladesh BGD
82 Myanmar (Burma) BUR
83 China CHN
84 Hong Kong HKG
85 India IND
86 Indonesia IDN
87 Iran, I.R. of IRN
88 Iraq IRQ
89 Israel ISR
90 Japan JPN
91 Jordan JOR
92 Korea KOR
93 Kuwait KWT
94 Malaysia MYS
95 Nepal NPL
97 Pakistan PAK
98 Philippines PHL
100 Singapore SGP
101 Sri Lanka LKA
102 Syria SYR
103 Taiwan OAN
104 Thailand THA
106 Yemen, N. Arab YEM
107 Austria AUT
108 Belgium BEL
109 Cyprus CYP
110 Denmark DNK
111 Finland FIN
112 France FRA
113 Germany DEU
114 Greece GRC
115 Hungary HUN
116 Iceland ISL
117 Ireland IRL
118 Italy ITA
121 Netherlands NLD
122 Norway NOR
123 Poland POL
124 Portugal PRT
125 Spain ESP
126 Sweden SWE
127 Switzerland CHE
128 Turkey TUR
129 United Kingdom GBR
130 Yugoslavia YUG
131 Australia AUS
132 Fiji FJI
133 New Zealand NZL
134 Papua New Guinea PNG

Castelló and Doménech´s (2002) data.

Gh: Human capital Gini coefficient.
Q1: Cumulative share of education attained by the first quintile.
Q2: Cumulative share of education attained by the second quintile.
Q3: Cumulative share of education attained by the third quintile.
Q4: Cumulative share of education attained by the fourth quintile.
(15) refers to population 15 and over.
(25) refers to population 25 and over.

Deininger and Squire´s (1996) data.

Gy: High quality income Gini coefficient.
Dummy Inc: Dummy for income definition (1: Income, 0: Expenditure).
Dummy Per: Dummy for person definition (1: Person, 0: Household).
Dummy Grs: Dummy for gross definition (1: Gross, 0: Net).

Barro and Lee´s (2001) data.

pyr: Average years of primary schooling in the total population.
syr: Average years of secondary schooling in the total population.
hyr: Average years of higher schooling in the total population.
tyr: Average shooling years in the total population.
lu: Percentage of "no schooling" in the total population.
lp: Percentage of "primary school attained" in the total population.
ls: Percentage of "secondary school attained" in the total population.
lh: Percentage of "higher school attained" in the total population.
(15) refers to population 15 and over.
(25) refers to population 25 and over.

Barro and Wolf (1994).

y: Real GDP per capita (1985 international prices). Source: SH v. 5.5.
growth_y: Growth rate of y. Source: SH v. 5.5.
inv: Ratio of real domestic investment (private plus public) to real GDP. Source: SH v.5.5.
sxx: Total gross enrollment ratio for secondary education. Source: UNESCO.
g: Ratio of real government "consumption" expenditure to real GDP. Source: SH v.5.5.
gpop: Growth rate of population. Source: SH v.5.5.
bmp: Black market premium. Source: Wood and WDR.
Laam: Dummy for Latin-American countries.
Safrica: Dummy for Sub-Saharan African countries.
Asiae: Dummy for East Asian countries.
OECD: Dummy for OECD members.