Economic development

SND-ID: snd0225-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/000942

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Jan-Erik Lane - Umeå University, Department of Political Science

Research principal

Umeå University - Department of Political Science

Description

This dataset contain country level economic and demographic measures for 64 countries. GNP, GDP, gross domestic investment, labour force, export, and public consumtion growth 1960-1980; GDP per capita 1960, 1970, and 1980; Gross domestic investment as percentage of GDP 1960 and 1980; Export as percentage of GDP 1960 and 1977; Government expenditure as percentage of GDP 1977; Male participation rate 1960 and 1980; Industrial and agricultural employment 1960 and 1980; Ethno-linguistic and religious fragment 1960; Population growth 1960-1980; School and higher education enrollment 1975; Democracy, and socialist tradition in government.

Data contains personal data

Language

Swedish

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Geographic unit

Population

Countries

Time Method

Time series

Variables

Number of individuals/objects

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Political Science

Topic and keywords

Research area

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Social conditions and indicators (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Economic conditions and indicators (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Keywords

Labour force, Gross domestic product, Gross national product

Publications

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World Bank (1984) World Tables. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U.P.

Bollen (1980) Issues in the Comparative Measurement of Political Democracy. American Sociological Review, 44, pp. 572-587.

Choi (1983) A Statistical Test of Olson's Model. In Mueller (ed.) The Political Economy of Growth. New Haven: Yale U.P.
ISBN: 0300026587

IMF (1984) Government Finance Statistics Yearbook. Washington D.C.: IMF.

Schmidt (ed) Westliche Industri-Gesellschaften: Wirtschaft - Gesellschaft - Politik, p. 374. Munchen: Piper.

Summers & Heston (1984) Improved International Comparisons of Real Product and its Composition, 1950-80. The Review of Income and Wealth, 30, pp. 207-262.

Taylor & Hudson (1972) World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators. 2nd ed. New Haven: Yale U.P.

Taylor (1981) Codebook to World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators: Volume 1: Aggregate Data. 3rd ed. West Berlin: IIVG.

World Bank (1980) World Tables. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U.P.

World Bank (1982) World Development Report 1982. Washington D.C.: World bank.

Ersson, S., Janda, K. & Lane, J-E. (1982) Ecological determinants of regional voting patterns in Western Europe. Research report 1982:12. Umeå: Department of Political Science. ISSN 0349-0831.
ISSN: 0349-0831

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Published: 1991-05-01

Last updated: 2019-02-06