Replication data for: Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa (doi:10.7910/DVN/VEHPPS)

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Document Description
Citation
Title:	Replication data for: Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/VEHPPS
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Date of Distribution:	2012-03-15
Version:	1
Bibliographic Citation:	Nathan Nunn; Diego Puga, 2012, "Replication data for: Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VEHPPS, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:5:YUIwB5aHk8obRrrSwFM/hA== [fileUNF]
Study Description
Citation
Title:	Replication data for: Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/VEHPPS
Authoring Entity:	Nathan Nunn (Harvard University, NBER and BREAD)
	Diego Puga (IMDEA Social Sciences Institute and CEPR)
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Access Authority:	Diego Puga
Date of Deposit:	2012-02-22
Series Name:	Volume 94, Issue 1
Holdings Information:	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VEHPPS
Study Scope
Abstract:	N/A
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Data Access
Notes:	<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>
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Citation
Title:	Nunn, Nathan, and Puga, Diego, (2012) "Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa." Review of Economics and Statistics 94:1, 20-36.
Bibliographic Citation:	Nunn, Nathan, and Puga, Diego, (2012) "Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa." Review of Economics and Statistics 94:1, 20-36.
File Description--f2359755
File: rugged_data.tab
	Number of cases: 234 No. of variables per record: 51 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
Notes:	UNF:5:YUIwB5aHk8obRrrSwFM/hA==
	Country-level data (download as original file for Stata format expected by the do file)
Variable Description
List of Variables:	isocode - Country 3-letter ISO code isonum - Country numeric ISO code country - Country name rugged - Ruggedness (Terrain Ruggedness Index, 100 m.) rugged_popw - Alternative ruggedness (pop. weighted TRI, 100 m.) rugged_slope - Alternative ruggedness (average slope, %) rugged_lsd - Alternative ruggedness (local std. deviation in elevation, 100 m.) rugged_pc - Alternative ruggedness (% moderately to highly rugged) land_area - Land area (1000 Ha.) lat - Latitude lon - Longitude soil - % Fertile soil desert - % Desert tropical - % Tropical climate dist_coast - Average distance to nearest ice-free coast (1000 km.) near_coast - % Within 100 km. of ice-free coast gemstones - Gem diamond extraction 1958-2000 (1000 carats) rgdppc_2000 - Real GDP per person 2000 -- World Bank rgdppc_1950_m - Real GDP per person 1950 -- Maddison rgdppc_1975_m - Real GDP per person 1975 -- Maddison rgdppc_2000_m - Real GDP per person 2000 -- Maddison rgdppc_1950_2000_m - Real GDP per person 1950-2000 Average -- Maddison q_rule_law - Rule of law 1996-2000 cont_africa - Continent indicator: Africa cont_asia - Continent indicator: Asia cont_europe - Continent indicator: Europe cont_oceania - Continent indicator: Oceania cont_north_america - Continent indicator: North America cont_south_america - Continent indicator: South America legor_gbr - Legal origin indicator: Common law legor_fra - Legal origin indicator: French civil law legor_soc - Legal origin indicator: Socialist law legor_deu - Legal origin indicator: German civil law legor_sca - Legal origin indicator: Scandinavian law colony_esp - Colonial origin indicator: Spanish colony_gbr - Colonial origin indicator: British colony_fra - Colonial origin indicator: French colony_prt - Colonial origin indicator: Portuguese colony_oeu - Colonial origin indicator: Other European africa_region_n - African region indicator: North africa_region_s - African region indicator: South africa_region_w - African region indicator: West africa_region_e - African region indicator: East africa_region_c - African region indicator: Central slave_exports - Slave exports 1400-1900 dist_slavemkt_atlantic - Distance to slave markets, Atlantic trade (1000 km.) dist_slavemkt_indian - Distance to slave markets, Indian trade (1000 km.) dist_slavemkt_saharan - Distance to slave markets, Saharan trade (1000 km.) dist_slavemkt_redsea - Distance to slave markets, Red Sea trade (1000 km.) pop_1400 - Population 1400 european_descent - % European descent
Variables
Country 3-letter ISO code
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:5:5AsqRBW7mzJ9jIwHJBBlsQ==
Country numeric ISO code
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:NE3PdHzNN80M2KaWVvP2lg==
Country name
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:5:9ZdqOrVsxPl5PyX3q70MQA==
Ruggedness (Terrain Ruggedness Index, 100 m.)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:xhWFGDyejn2ACjG4+ivC9g==
Alternative ruggedness (pop. weighted TRI, 100 m.)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:7WExw3vqxt0IUganSkPx3A==
Alternative ruggedness (average slope, %)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:H0ATOKrOpbayo0lx/3R5Xg==
Alternative ruggedness (local std. deviation in elevation, 100 m.)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:NYysBD+y/afjeiogZhDimQ==
Alternative ruggedness (% moderately to highly rugged)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:Ku3Q9VCNGQwaVJ01Pwxhiw==
Land area (1000 Ha.)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:CXTml25TybuNAvCrnMhehA==
Latitude
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:cxlPUEgmWtKZwdNaXCpQBA==
Longitude
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:SRMFoubAeskQHIsh1hjb9g==
% Fertile soil
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:uDnhAS0CAPEGAf1C/3jEAQ==
% Desert
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:sQ3r1uVtoD0dZl4tOY258w==
% Tropical climate
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:A/wmVzAshMAbdmVH7jgx/w==
Average distance to nearest ice-free coast (1000 km.)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:aM2HUDucbWrFweupdm+Dvw==
% Within 100 km. of ice-free coast
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:cPOGkws0EEE6dTUnzjdKOA==
Gem diamond extraction 1958-2000 (1000 carats)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:ixYrY06jKjRx+Oi80abM3w==
Real GDP per person 2000 -- World Bank
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:CB9xXoX2QxdDr/Q4b7okxw==
Real GDP per person 1950 -- Maddison
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:/elBPWqXOVGbJyzhDPS7tw==
Real GDP per person 1975 -- Maddison
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:JsleVmEXn0F8bEjyd+A4IA==
Real GDP per person 2000 -- Maddison
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:6wn6zHjUsZmhAun8VdwYBA==
Real GDP per person 1950-2000 Average -- Maddison
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:7DWbsorYXHMFYdsDGym4Gg==
Rule of law 1996-2000
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:S3Suh9oQRmERsGHZ9v33/A==
Continent indicator: Africa
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:k4bO1k6zr9P6Xi2JEpzJVg==
Continent indicator: Asia
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:eacsNHdYfU/YvOqaSs2IBA==
Continent indicator: Europe
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:7fShLqkOHIkHX6dRCCYOGQ==
Continent indicator: Oceania
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:G4BBJfaq8kw3UlTnbtxA1A==
Continent indicator: North America
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:jIrV8CJ2nt7I5KZi2iO/UA==
Continent indicator: South America
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:kbpvN+aXC36U3UNt8W1fAA==
Legal origin indicator: Common law
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:U3cc390LvlgXLSxbEoc2OQ==
Legal origin indicator: French civil law
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:O2fzi7HNBPP6rQn96yT8Dw==
Legal origin indicator: Socialist law
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:V83GHa24R7prmeRndH/O3g==
Legal origin indicator: German civil law
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:f6mC8MYV99g2ezTqUuPHNg==
Legal origin indicator: Scandinavian law
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:ETfx+M53uKoPgavk66aZ+Q==
Colonial origin indicator: Spanish
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:O5cjISf14eCwvpiqg7kwWA==
Colonial origin indicator: British
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:NR+xWVelHsroCTqkJewA1g==
Colonial origin indicator: French
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:phhynLAtepb1GBfvRT1ifw==
Colonial origin indicator: Portuguese
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:czVjXEWGnh2DuzuJh1R8vA==
Colonial origin indicator: Other European
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:KCdGO6YQXlNH3mXe9mrMLw==
African region indicator: North
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:5xobV8h6a8FN1f5UNFw10g==
African region indicator: South
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:IXdvxUg0eEx+ay4r8+/NPw==
African region indicator: West
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:963q3XvqXT1/QkX/KeRdQw==
African region indicator: East
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:/iTmCoAf+A1tVJaP6R3LJw==
African region indicator: Central
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:J/qpvF4hHKXo3hHHFaXklw==
Slave exports 1400-1900
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:BLOm9lpQqoiv3gLeUUaC0w==
Distance to slave markets, Atlantic trade (1000 km.)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:Tuq8jHjlnRWTezoQJWw2mA==
Distance to slave markets, Indian trade (1000 km.)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:cSCMdnJKaOfz/OoHFeuZ9w==
Distance to slave markets, Saharan trade (1000 km.)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:EaOsLGp7dXDb7eomBtO4Yw==
Distance to slave markets, Red Sea trade (1000 km.)
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:3H69gchyeYWqP+4LeOfDNQ==
Population 1400
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:FtOw8TCbeSKgJBBXk7RIEw==
% European descent
f2359755 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:JSdPFtMpRDFBd1xAoUuVtg==
Other Study-Related Materials
Label:	cellarea.zip
Text:	The surface area of each 30 arc-second cell, which must be used to weight the ruggedness measures when averaging across areas, provided as a compressed ASCII grid for use in GIS software
Notes:	application/zip
Other Study-Related Materials
Label:	Readme.html
Text:	Documentation
Notes:	text/html
Other Study-Related Materials
Label:	rugged_regr.do
Text:	Stata do file that re-creates the regression tables contained in the article
Notes:	text/x-stata-syntax; charset=US-ASCII
Other Study-Related Materials
Label:	rugged_regr.log
Text:	Stata log file produced when running the provided do file
Notes:	text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Other Study-Related Materials
Label:	slope.zip
Text:	Underlying average slope data at the level of individual 30 arc-second cells on a grid across the surface of the Earth provided as a compressed ASCII grid for use in GIS software
Notes:	application/zip
Other Study-Related Materials
Label:	tri.zip
Text:	Underlying Terrain Ruggedness Index data at the level of individual 30 arc-second cells on a grid across the surface of the Earth provided as a compressed ASCII grid for use in GIS software
Notes:	application/zip