a pseudo-panel of 49 countries
number of observations : 1212
number of individual observations : 2-112
country : Africa
JEL codes: D72, D74, F51, J15, O15, O17, Z13
Chapter : 08
data(ScrambleAfrica)A dataframe containing:
country code
ethnic group name
number of conflicts
dummy for partitioned ethnic area
spillover index, the fraction of adjacent groups in the same country that are partitioned
the region
population according to the first post-independance census
land area
lakes dummy
rivers dummy
dummy if a capital city falls in the homeland of an ethnic group
distance of the centroid of the area from the national border
distance of the centroid of the area from the capital
distance of the centroid of the area from the sea coast
dummy for areas that are by the sea coast
mean elevation
index of land suitability for agriculture
diamond mine indicator
malaria stability index
oil field indicator
island dummy
dummy for areas with major city in 1400
Michalopoulos, Stelios and Elias Papaioannou (2016) “The Long-run Effects of the Scramble for Africa”, American Economic Review, 106(7), 1802--1848, 10.1257/aer.20131311 .