Economic, demographic and corruption data - Latin America and Asian countries

The file contains the dataset used for the empirical analysis of the study titled "Economic Growth and Corruption in Emerging Markets: Does Economic Freedom Matter?”. The dataset includes annual data from 19 countries of Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela), 9 countries of Asia (China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), and 2 countries of Oceania (Australia and New Zealand). The investigation period spans 2000 through 2017. The data consists about economic, social, demographic, corruption, political e freedom related indexes and variables [Natural logarithm of Gross Domestic Product per capita; Corruption Perception Index; Economic Freedom Index; Economic Freedom of the World; Foreign Direct Investment as % of GDP (net inflows); Gross fixed capital formation as % of GDP; Inflation Rate as ∆% of consumer price indices; Schooling as average number of years of education received by people ages 25 and older; % of the population living in urban areas; Number of years a newborn infant would live; Number of births per woman (average); Annual population growth rate (%); Index that reflects perceptions of the extent to which a country's citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as freedom of expression/media; Index that reflects perceptions of the likelihood of political instability or politically motivated violence, including terrorism; Index that reflects perceptions of the quality of public and civil services; Index that reflects perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement policies and regulations that promote the development of the private sector; Index that reflects perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society (contract enforcement, property rights, police and justice); Index that measures a mature and internally coherent democracy vs. autocracies sharply restrict that suppress competitive political participation; HDI_dummy: Human Development Index related; Tropical_Dummy: related to country’s geographic position (located between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn)].本数据集用于题为《新兴市场的经济增长与腐败：经济自由是否发挥作用？》的研究的实证分析。本数据集包含拉丁美洲19个国家（阿根廷、玻利维亚、巴西、智利、哥伦比亚、哥斯达黎加、厄瓜多尔、萨尔瓦多、危地马拉、海地、洪都拉斯、墨西哥、尼加拉瓜、巴拿马、巴拉圭、秘鲁、多米尼加共和国、乌拉圭、委内瑞拉）、亚洲9个国家（中国、印度、印度尼西亚、日本、马来西亚、菲律宾、新加坡、泰国、越南）以及大洋洲2个国家（澳大利亚、新西兰）的年度数据，研究时段为2000年至2017年。 本数据集涵盖经济、社会、人口、腐败、政治与自由相关的指标与变量，具体包括：人均国内生产总值自然对数；腐败感知指数（Corruption Perception Index）；经济自由指数（Economic Freedom Index）；世界经济自由指数（Economic Freedom of the World）；外国直接投资占GDP比重（净流入额）；固定资本形成总额占GDP比重；以消费者价格指数变动百分比计的通货膨胀率；25岁及以上人群平均受教育年限；城镇人口占总人口比重；新生儿预期寿命；妇女总和生育率；年度人口增长率（%）；反映一国公民参与政府选举及言论/媒体自由感知程度的指数；反映政治不稳定或受政治动机驱动的暴力（包括恐怖主义）发生可能性感知程度的指数；反映公共与政务服务质量感知程度的指数；反映政府制定并实施促进私营部门发展的政策法规能力感知程度的指数；反映社会主体对社会规则（合同执行、产权保护、警务与司法体系）的信任与遵守程度感知程度的指数；衡量成熟且内部协调一致的民主政体与严格限制乃至压制竞争性政治参与的独裁政体之间差异的指数；HDI_dummy：与人类发展指数相关的虚拟变量；Tropical_Dummy：与国家地理位置相关的虚拟变量，即国家位于北回归线与南回归线之间。