Table 2.

Data definitions and sources

Variable	Period	Description	Source
Rent	1914–1934	Average monthly rent of a room in the city of Buenos Aires	Ministerio del Interior (1949), Investigaciones Sociales
Rent	1934–1956	An unskilled worker’s family type (parents and two children under 14 years old) in the city of Buenos Aires consuming a 4$\times$4,5 ${\text{m}}^2$ room	Dirección Nacional de Estadística y Censos (1957), Índices del costo del nivel de vida, actividad industrial y costo de la construcción
Rent	1956–1961		Dirección Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Boletín Mensual de Estadística de la República Argentina, various issues
Rent	1961–1976	Considers the rent of a house, excluding electricity, according to the survey on living conditions of a working family (“familia obrera”)	Dirección Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Boletín Mensual de Estadística de la República Argentina and Boletín Estadístico Trimestral, various issues
Rent	1977–1984	Rent considers the expenses for housing. The set of goods and services selected in housing expenses are: rent, sand, sanitary fixtures, tiles, cement, bricks, wood, and paint. This group does not include fuel (gas, the cost to refill a balloon of gas, kerosene, charcoal) and electricity	Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. Fascículo Índice de precios al consumidor y Salarios industriales, various issues
Rent	1985–1988		Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Estadística Mensual, various issues
Rent	1989–1995	Measures the evolution of the monthly effectively rent paid by households that live in rented homes. The rental service covers the accommodation, excluding the payment of services (electricity, gas, water, heating, use of the telephone). It does not include: repair and maintenance of the dwelling (materials and labor), electricity, sanitary services, gas and other fuels	Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos Estadística Mensual, various issues
Rent	1996–1999		Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Indec Informa, various issues
Rent	1999–2008	Rent, excluding fuels for housing, electricity, water and sanitary services, materials, as well as work for repairs and common expenses of the home	Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. Indec Informa, various issues
Rent	2008–2013	Rental of housing excludes: basic services and fuel for housing (gas in carafe, natural gas by network, kerosene); electricity; water and sanitary services (sewers, and storm drains); materials for repairs; common expenses of housing (expense)	Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. Indec Informa, various issue
Rent	2014–2017	Rental of the house, excluding materials for the repair of the house (pre-mixed plaster, faucet set, ceramic floor, and interior paint), services for the repair of the house (locksmith, gas electrician, painter, plumber), running water supply, common expenses for housing (expense), electricity and gas (packaging and network).	Dirección General de Estadística y Censos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: https://www.estadisticaciudad.gob.ar/eyc/?p=28446
Building permits	1926–1934	Number of administrative procedures through which the authorization for the construction of the building is requested. This variable largely reflects the amount of works that are authorized	Banco de la Nación Argentina (1934), Revista Económica
Building permits	1934–1943		Available upon request from Dirección General de Estadística y Censos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Building permits	1943–2017		Dirección Nacional del Servicio Estadístico, Anuario estadístico de la República Argentina, Tomo I, Compendio 1949-1950; Dirección Nacional de Investigaciones, Estadística y Censos, Sintesis Estadística Mensual de la República Argentina, various issues; Dirección Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Boletín Mensual de Estadística de la República Argentina, various issues; Dirección Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Boletín de Estadística, various issues; Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Boletín Estadístico Trimestral, Edificación, Permisos para Construcciones Privadas and Indec Informa, various issues
Consumer price index	1910–2004	Measures the variations in prices in Argentina	Ferreres et al. (2005)
Consumer price index	2005–2017		Cavallo and Bertolotto (2016), https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2787276
Interest rate	1914–2004	From 1914 to 2008 is the rate for 30 days loans to first line companies. From 2009 onward, it is the interest rate of discounted promissory notes	Dos siglos de Economía Argentina
Interest rate	2005–2017		Banco Central de la República Argentina: www.bcra.gob.ar
GDP	1910–2004	Gross Domestic Product of Argentina	Ferreres et al. (2005)
GDP	2004–2017		Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. Cuentas nacionales
GDP	1911–2017	Real GDP per capita in 2011 dollars	Maddison Project Database (MPD) 2020
Marriages	1910–2010	Registered marriages in the city of Buenos Aires (Capital Federal)	Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Las estadísticas históricas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires 1810-2010
Marriages	2011–2013		Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Matrimonios en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Años 1990-2013. Informe de resultados 763
Marriages	2014–2017		Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Anuario Estadístico de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, año 2017
Pop	1910-2017	Total population, 1000 persons	Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
Left-right government	1910-2012	The orientation of the political party to which the head of government belongs; the variable takes three values: left, center, and right	Brambor et al. (2017)