This file describes the variables in the trade and wages dataset. They have strange non-intuitive names so you may want to rename them. The file contains data on 29 countries between 1975-2000. Including trade, sectoral employment and other variables. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- log: h:\14.33\traddesc.log log type: text opened on: 3 Feb 2004, 13:58:57 . desc Contains data from D:\14.33\winter\trade.dta obs: 780 vars: 46 31 Jan 2003 12:36 size: 198,120 (81.1% of memory free) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- storage display value variable name type format label variable label ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- countrycode str3 %9s Country Code country str21 %21s Country Name year int %8.0g Year txvalservcdwt~x double %10.0g TX.VAL.SERV.CD.WT---Commercial service exports (current US$)-- tmvalservcdwt~m double %10.0g TM.VAL.SERV.CD.WT---Commercial service imports (current US$)-- fpcpitotl~19951 float %9.0g FP.CPI.TOTL---Consumer price index (1995 = 100)-- bncabxokagdzs~n float %9.0g BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS---Current account balance (% of GDP)-- bncabxokacdcu~e double %10.0g BN.CAB.XOKA.CD---Current account balance (BoP, current US$)-- slagremplzsem~u float %9.0g SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS---Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)-- slindemplzsem~o float %9.0g SL.IND.EMPL.ZS---Employment in industry (% of total employment)-- slsrvemplzsem~o float %9.0g SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS---Employment in services (% of total employment)-- gbtaxexptbxzs~r float %9.0g GB.TAX.EXPT.BX.ZS---Export duties (% of exports)-- neexpgnfszsex~v float %9.0g NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS---Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)-- neexpgnfscdex~v double %10.0g NE.EXP.GNFS.CD---Exports of goods and services (current US$)-- spdyntfrtinfe~r float %9.0g SP.DYN.TFRT.IN---Fertility rate, total (births per woman)-- nygdpmktpkdgd~s double %10.0g NY.GDP.MKTP.KD---GDP (constant 1995 US$)-- nygdpmktpcdgd~s double %10.0g NY.GDP.MKTP.CD---GDP (current US$)-- nygdppcapkdgd~1 float %9.0g NY.GDP.PCAP.KD---GDP per capita (constant 1995 US$)-- sipovginigini~x float %9.0g SI.POV.GINI---GINI index-- gbxpcgsrvzsgo~n float %9.0g GB.XPC.GSRV.ZS---Goods and services expenditure (% of total expenditure)-- bxgsrmrchcdgo~n double %10.0g BX.GSR.MRCH.CD---Goods exports (BoP, current US$)-- bmgsrmrchcdgo~n double %10.0g BM.GSR.MRCH.CD---Goods imports (BoP, current US$)-- seadtilitzsil~o float %9.0g SE.ADT.ILIT.ZS---Illiteracy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)-- neimpgnfszsim~v float %9.0g NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS---Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)-- neimpgnfskdim~v double %10.0g NE.IMP.GNFS.KD---Imports of goods and services (constant 1995 US$)-- nvindtotlzsin~g float %9.0g NV.IND.TOTL.ZS---Industry, value added (% of GDP)-- nvindtotlcdin~r double %10.0g NV.IND.TOTL.CD---Industry, value added (current US$)-- smtlfifrninfl~s long %12.0g SM.TLF.IFRN---Inflows of foreign workers-- sltlfprimzsla~y float %9.0g SL.TLF.PRIM.ZS---Labor force with primary education (% of total)-- sltlfsecozsla~a float %9.0g SL.TLF.SECO.ZS---Labor force with secondary education (% of total)-- sltlftertzsla~r float %9.0g SL.TLF.TERT.ZS---Labor force with tertiary education (% of total)-- sltlftotlinla~l long %12.0g SL.TLF.TOTL.IN---Labor force, total-- txvalmanfzsun~s float %9.0g TX.VAL.MANF.ZS.UN---Manufacture s exports (% of merchandise exports)-- tmvalmanfzsun~s float %9.0g TM.VAL.MANF.ZS.UN---Manufacture s imports (% of merchandise imports)-- nvindmanfzsma~d float %9.0g NV.IND.MANF.ZS---Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)-- nvindmanfkdma~d double %10.0g NV.IND.MANF.KD---Manufacturing, value added (constant 1995 US$)-- txvalmrchcdwt~c double %10.0g TX.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT---Merchandise exports (current US$)-- tmvalmrchcdwt~c double %10.0g TM.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT---Merchandise imports (current US$)-- sppoptotlpopu~l long %12.0g SP.POP.TOTL---Population, total-- sipovnahcpove~a float %9.0g SI.POV.NAHC---Poverty headcount, national (% of population)-- gbtaxinttrvzs~a float %9.0g GB.TAX.INTT.RV.ZS---Taxes on international trade (% of current revenue)-- netrdgnfszstr~p float %9.0g NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS---Trade (% of GDP)-- tgvaltotlgdzs~p float %9.0g TG.VAL.TOTL.GD.ZS---Trade in goods (% of GDP)-- sluemtotlzsun~o float %9.0g SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS---Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)-- spurbtotlinzs~o float %9.0g SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS---Urban population (% of total)-- wage float %9.0g average manufacturing compensation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorted by: . . . . . log close log: h:\14.33\traddesc.log log type: text closed on: 3 Feb 2004, 13:59:14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------