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Robert Barro

Data on the Web

Data sets associated with Barro's work:

  • Cross-Country Panel data: Please click here to download the Barro-Lee Data Set for a Panel of 138 Countries.

  • Educational Attainment data: Please contact Emily De Puy for further information on  International Measures of Schooling Years and Schooling Quality. 

  • Human Capital Data Updates (April 2000): is available from the Center for International Development, Harvard University website Center for International Development.

  • IMF Programs Data (2005): is available in Excel format. The name of variables is in text format.

  • "Macroeconomic Crises since 1870" BPEA, 2008: Online Appendix data is available in Excel format.

  • "Macroeconomic Effects from Government Purchases and Taxes" (Data Appendix).

  • Religion Adherence Data: available in Excel format by clicking this link.

  • McCleary data on Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs): codebook is available in Excel and the data file in STATA .

  • Summers-Heston data (1995) is now available through the National Bureau of Economic Research, 617-868-3900, Ext. 343, for a $5.00 fee.
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