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Macroeconomic Growth Comparisons

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University of Groningen & UC Davis

Penn World Table (PWT)

Cross-country growth regressions, Total Factor Productivity (TFP) modeling, Solow growth model validation.

📊 Overview

Platform: Penn World Table (PWT)

Domain: Macroeconomic Growth Comparisons

Maintained by: University of Groningen & UC Davis

📥 Access & Resources

Access and formats:
Excel, Stata (.dta), CSV

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R wrapper package:
pwt10

Python wrapper package:
pandas_datareader

🎯 Teaching & Analysis

Cross-country growth regressions, Total Factor Productivity (TFP) modeling, Solow growth model validation.

Use this dataset to

  • Compare real GDP and productivity across countries
  • Analyze capital stock and exchange-rate measures
  • Estimate cross-country growth regressions
  • Teach the Solow model and total factor productivity

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