Global Development & International Microdata
Macroeconomic Growth Comparisons
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
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