Table 6.
Data sources
| Variable | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| mortality |
The number of deaths from Influenza and pneumonia (WHO disease codes are 470–517 and 480–493) |
WHO |
| gdp | real GDP at chained PPPs (in mil. 2011US$) | PWT 9.1 |
| tfp | Total factor productivity, at current PPPs (USA = 1) | |
| consumption | Real private consumption in mil. 2011US$ (PPPs) | |
| investment | Real private investment in mil. 2011US$ (PPPs) | |
| govt spending | Share of government consumption to GDP (%) | |
| pop | Population (in millions) | |
| working population | Number of workers (in millions) | |
| cpi | Inflation (difference in the CPI in logs) | |
| open | Trade openness: a dummy variable | Wacziarg and Welch (2003) |
| school | Years of secondary schooling | WDI |
| pol | Political right index | www.freedomhouse.org |