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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: Am Econ Rev. 2012 Apr;102(2):994–1028. doi: 10.1257/aer.102.2.994

Table A2. Summary statistics.

variable mean sd min Max count sample
ln(lights) −0.0645 2.0364 −5.9498 3.8753 3014 full
ln(GDP, LCU) 25.2829 4.0326 0.3811 35.2722 3014 full
ln(electricity use) 23.5009 1.9024 18.5946 29.0303 1853 full
fraction topcoded 0.0030 0.0126 0.0000 0.2204 3014 full
fraction unlit 0.7123 0.3246 0.0000 0.9998 3014 full
spatial gini 0.8255 0.2020 0.1662 0.9999 3014 full
ln(lights) −0.6927 1.8768 −5.9498 3.0628 1953 low-middle income
ln(GDP, LCU) 25.9829 4.0438 0.3811 35.2722 1953 low-middle income
ln(lights) −1.8696 1.9654 −5.4424 3.0628 541 low-middle income, DQ score 0-3
ln(GDP, LCU) 24.8654 5.9608 0.3811 33.8656 541 low-middle income, DQ score 0-3
delta ln(lights) 0.3385 0.4017 −1.0390 1.9036 170 full
delta ln(GDP, LCU) 0.4600 0.2441 −0.1624 1.2415 170 full
delta ln(lights) 0.3823 0.4348 −1.0390 1.9036 113 low-middle income
delta ln(GDP, LCU) 0.4904 0.2605 −0.1624 1.2415 113 low-middle income
delta ln(lights) 0.4106 0.5447 −0.6379 1.9036 30 low-middle income, DQ score 0-3
delta ln(GDP, LCU) 0.4689 0.3021 −0.0928 1.2415 30 low-middle income, DQ score 0-3