World Bank, Development Economics Research Group (DECRG)
2011-03-10Nesstar PublisherDDI Document - Version 02 - (04/21/21)
This version is identical to DDI_WLD_2002_IBGTE_v01_M but country field has been updated to capture all the countries covered by survey.
Version 01 (March 2011)Institution Building and Growth in Transition Economies 1987-2002IBGTE 1987-2002WLD_2002_IBGTE_v01_MThorsten Beck and Luc LaevenNesstar PublisherDevelopment Research GroupMacroeconomics - IndicatorsThis dataset contains all variables used in the regressions of the paper "Institution Building and Growth in Transition Economies". The definition and sources of the different variables are explained in an appendix table of the paper, available as external resources. Please note that the growth data reported in Table 1 do not correspond to the growth data used for the analysis. The actual data used for the analysis are in the dataset. The growth data in Table 1 are from an earlier version of the paper that looked at a shorter sample period.AlbaniaArmeniaAzerbaijanBulgariaCzech RepublicEstoniaGeorgiaCroatiaHungaryKazakhstanKyrgyz RepublicLithuaniaLatviaMoldovaNorth MacedoniaPolandRussian FederationSlovak RepublicSloveniaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineCzechoslovakiaAggregate data [agg]The dataset includes indicators related to:
- Socialism
- Raw exports
- Ethnic fractionalization
- CMEA Trade share
- Tertiary enrollment
- Gas reserves / population
- Political Structure and Institution Building - Executive Constraints, Communist share, Liberalization, Privatization
- Change in Rule of Law, Change in Corruption, EBRD reform
- Monetary growth
- InflationOther [oth]Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Thorsten Beck and Luc Laeven. Institution Building and Growth in Transition Economies (IBGTE) 1987-2002. Ref. WLD_2002_IBGTE_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [web address] on [date].The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.data.NSDstatThis dataset contains all variables used in the regressions of the paper "Institution Building and Growth in Transition Economies".2431Nesstar 200801cncodeCountry Code240ALB1ARM1AZE1BGR1BLR1CZE1EST1GEO1HRV1HUN1KAZ1KGZ1LTU1LVA1MDA1MKD1POL1ROM1RUS1SVK1SVN1TJK1TKM1UKR1mongrowthMonetary Growth2400.05040.9850.3610.243Average annual growth rate of reserve money, averaged over 1992-2002.govconsGovernment Consumption2409.37324.94617.034.393Share of government consumption in GDP, averaged over 1992-2002.viendistDistance from Vienna2406246441570.5421424.189statehistState Antiquity2400.2620.6520.4660.11exconstExecutive Constraints 1930240172.9172.06215210345174De facto political independence of chief executive of a country, measured in 1992, ranging from 1 (unlimited authority) to 7 (executive parity or subordination)gasresGas Reserves/Population24000.001467.85e-050.0003Natural gas reserves in trillion cubic meters in 1990 p[roved recoverable reserves divided by populationcmeatradeCMEA Trade Share2400.020.450.190.114Share of trade with CMEA partners in GDP in 1990.euaccessEU accession24001618Dummy variable that takes a value of one if the country is one of the eight countries that joined the European Union in 2003.educTertiary Enrollment2407.35646.71925.63210.76Ratio of total enrollment in institutions of tertiary education, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to this level of education.vouchVoucher Privatization231012111Sysmiss1Dummy variable if the country opted for mass privatization (as compared to direct sales or equity offerings), and zero otherwise.ethfracEthnic Fractionalization2400.1180.6750.3710.161Probability that two randomly selected individuals in a country are not from the same ethnic group.civilwarCivil War24001816Dummy variable that takes a value of one if there was a civil war in the country during 1992-2002fsuFSU240011113Dummy variable that takes a value of one if the country was part of the Former Soviet Union, and zero otherwise.instdevInstititional Development240-1.6770.783-0.2050.624Measure of institutional development in 1996. This variables measures institutional development along six dimensions: voice and accountability, government effectiveness, rule of law, regulatory quality, absence of corruption, and political stability. The measure is a principal components indicator of these six components with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one.socyearsYears Undr Socialism240407456.20813.844Number of years under socialism.rawimpInitial Raw Imports2400.005110.5520.08250.119Share of fuel, ores, and metal raw exports in GDP in the first available year of the sample period.ebrdrefEBRD reform240132.1160.546Average of four indices measuring reforms in the areas of enterprise reform, competition policy, banking sector reform and reform of non-banking financial institutions.landlockLandlocked240012112Dummy variable that takes a value of one if the country is landlocked, and zero otherwise.hhconsgrHousehold Consumption Growth240-0.04890.1020.01450.035Average annual real growth rate of financial household consumption expenditure per capita over the period 1992 to 2002.gdppcgrGDP per Capita Growth240-0.02590.07130.02320.0256Average annual real GDP per capita growthlgdppcLog of initial GDP per Capita2406.2429.0287.4620.76libinitInitial Liberalization240-0.8912.0792.5e-081Principal component indicator of three liberalization indexes (price, trade, and ownership) in 1990.libspeedSpeed of Liberalization240-1.9821.069-5.83e-081Principal component indicator of the changes in the price, trade and ownership liberalization indexes over 1990-97.lawchangeChange in Rule of Law240-1.8271.75-0.6590.912corruptchangeChange in Corruption240-1.641.129-0.7710.721lhhciniLog of initial household consumption per capita1954.7648.1996.7420.857rule_change96Change in Rule of Law until 1996240-1.8971.15-0.7420.74corr_change96Change in Corruption until 1996240-1.961.219-0.7820.66repinflRepressed inflation240-7.725.717.77511.545Increase in deflated wages minus the change in real GDP over the period 1987 to 1990Predicted instdevPredicted institutional development240-0.5680.4098.33e-090.264