ECON 4720 Chapter : Homework2 SPR2012
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Steps: go to the indexes & databases section of the lsu library website; find wdi online (world. Finance database: go to classification --> income --> aggregates. Gdp per capita, ppp (constant 2005 international $: read the description of the variable gpd per capita (current us$) this is nominal gdp. See how it is different from the variable you have collected: use year 2010 to get cross-section data, plot the development indicators you have obtained against the gdp per capita variable. Gender equality assesses the extent to which the country has installed institutions and programs to enforce laws and policies that promote equal access for men and women in education, health, the economy, and protection under law. Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age- specific fertility rates.
