Friday, February 23, 2007
[IWS] Inter-American Development Bank DATABASES (Research Department)
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Research Department
These databases were compiled for research performed in the IDB's Research Department. The origin, description and publication date as well as links to papers based on this data are provided when available.
DBA-001 A Database on Currency Composition of Firm Liabilities in Latin America
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=DBA-001
by Kamil, Herman November 2004
This database provides information on the currency and maturity structure of firm liabilities for 10 Latin American Countries. The database builds on a joint project carried out by the research department of the IADB and 6 country teams in 2002. Country average data is available for immediate download in excel format below. Detailed information on the variables, sample and sources are provided in the documentation file. Studies using this data should cite the source as: H. Kamil (2004), 'A new database on the currency composition and maturity structure of firms' balance sheets in Latin America, 1990-2002"
Years covered: 1990-2002
DBA-003 Bank Ownership and performance
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=DBA-003
November 2004
This dataset provides information on bank ownership and bank performance covering 119 countries over the 1995-2002 period.
Years covered: 1995-2002.
DBA-007 CLYPS dataset on public debt level and composition in Latin America
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=DBA-007
by Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Sturzenegger, Federico Cowan, Kevin Panizza, Ugo August 2006
Data on level and composition of public debt in Latin America.
Years covered: 1970-2004.
DBA-008 IPES 2006 - The Politics of Policies
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=DBA-008
by Gómez-Peña, Carlos Andrés Lora, Eduardo Mandalaoui, Elisa Carolina Stein, Ernesto H. Clavijo, Laura Tommasi, Mariano
January 2006
The data set contains indicators describing the quality of public policies, as well as the institutions that design, coordinate and implement them, for 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries. A detailed description of the variables, as well as the methodology used to construct them, can be found in the Data Appendix of The Politics of Policies: Economic and Social Progress in Latin America, 2006 Report, at http://www.iadb.org/res/ipes/2006/appendix.cfm?language=Sp&parid=8
DBA-002 Job Flows Dataset
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=DBA-002
by Kugler, Adriana Micco, Alejandro Pagés-Serra, Carmen Haltiwanger, John Kugler, Maurice August 2004
Este conjunto de datos contiene información sobre los flujos de empleos en seis países de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México y Uruguay). Estos datos fueron creados como parte del estudio de la Red de Investigación del BID titulado "Market Institutions, Labor Market Dynamics, Growth and Productivity: An Analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean" (Instituciones de mercado, dinámica del mercado laboral, crecimiento y productividad: un análisis de América Latina y el Caribe), coordinado por John Haltiwanger (Universidad de Maryland), Adriana Kuegler (Universidad de Texas en Houston), Maurice Kugler (Universidad de Southampton), Alejandro Micco (BID) y Carmen Pagés (BID)
Years covered: 1978-2001
DBA-004 Political Particularism around the world
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=DBA-004
by Panizza, Ugo January 2002
The data set provides indicators of the degree to which individual politicians can further their careers by appealing to narrow geographic constituencies on the one hand, or party constituencies on the other.
Years covered: 1978-2001
DBA-005 Public Debt around the World: A New Dataset of Central Government Debt
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=DBA-005
by Panizza, Ugo March 2006
Commonly used datasets on the level of public debt provide incomplete country and period coverage. This paper presents a new dataset that includes complete series of central government debt for 89 countries over the 1991-2005 period and for seven other countries for the 1993-2005 period.
Years covered: 1991-2005.
DBA-006 Trade Integration and Business Cycle Synchronization
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=DBA-006
by Cowan, Kevin - Levy Yeyati, Eduardo - Panizza, Ugo and Sturzenegger, Federico
Macro bilateral trade data.
Years covered: 1970-2000.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Research Department
DATABASES
http://www.iadb.org/RES/pub_List.cfm?pub_topic_id=DBA&type=pub_type&pub_type_id=DBA&pub_type_id1=DBA&language=englishThese databases were compiled for research performed in the IDB's Research Department. The origin, description and publication date as well as links to papers based on this data are provided when available.
DBA-001
by Kamil, Herman November 2004
This database provides information on the currency and maturity structure of firm liabilities for 10 Latin American Countries. The database builds on a joint project carried out by the research department of the IADB and 6 country teams in 2002. Country average data is available for immediate download in excel format below. Detailed information on the variables, sample and sources are provided in the documentation file. Studies using this data should cite the source as: H. Kamil (2004), 'A new database on the currency composition and maturity structure of firms' balance sheets in Latin America, 1990-2002"
Years covered: 1990-2002
DBA-003
November 2004
This dataset provides information on bank ownership and bank performance covering 119 countries over the 1995-2002 period.
Years covered: 1995-2002.
DBA-007
by Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Sturzenegger, Federico Cowan, Kevin Panizza, Ugo August 2006
Data on level and composition of public debt in Latin America.
Years covered: 1970-2004.
DBA-008
by Gómez-Peña, Carlos Andrés Lora, Eduardo Mandalaoui, Elisa Carolina Stein, Ernesto H. Clavijo, Laura Tommasi, Mariano
January 2006
The data set contains indicators describing the quality of public policies, as well as the institutions that design, coordinate and implement them, for 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries. A detailed description of the variables, as well as the methodology used to construct them, can be found in the Data Appendix of The Politics of Policies: Economic and Social Progress in Latin America, 2006 Report, at http://www.iadb.org/res/ipes/2006/appendix.cfm?language=Sp&parid=8
DBA-002
by Kugler, Adriana Micco, Alejandro Pagés-Serra, Carmen Haltiwanger, John Kugler, Maurice August 2004
Este conjunto de datos contiene información sobre los flujos de empleos en seis países de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México y Uruguay). Estos datos fueron creados como parte del estudio de la Red de Investigación del BID titulado "Market Institutions, Labor Market Dynamics, Growth and Productivity: An Analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean" (Instituciones de mercado, dinámica del mercado laboral, crecimiento y productividad: un análisis de América Latina y el Caribe), coordinado por John Haltiwanger (Universidad de Maryland), Adriana Kuegler (Universidad de Texas en Houston), Maurice Kugler (Universidad de Southampton), Alejandro Micco (BID) y Carmen Pagés (BID)
Years covered: 1978-2001
DBA-004
by Panizza, Ugo January 2002
The data set provides indicators of the degree to which individual politicians can further their careers by appealing to narrow geographic constituencies on the one hand, or party constituencies on the other.
Years covered: 1978-2001
DBA-005
by Panizza, Ugo March 2006
Commonly used datasets on the level of public debt provide incomplete country and period coverage. This paper presents a new dataset that includes complete series of central government debt for 89 countries over the 1991-2005 period and for seven other countries for the 1993-2005 period.
Years covered: 1991-2005.
DBA-006
by Cowan, Kevin - Levy Yeyati, Eduardo - Panizza, Ugo and Sturzenegger, Federico
Macro bilateral trade data.
Years covered: 1970-2000.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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