Data sets produced under the PROCIUDAD-CM programme

A data set of terrain ruggedness and other geographical characteristics of all countries in the world, resulting from the PROCIUDAD-CM research programme, is publicly available from this web page:

Terrain ruggedness and other geographical characteristics of countries

These data were assembled for the following article:

Nathan Nunn and Diego Puga. 'Ruggedness: The blessing of bad geography in Africa.' Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming)

Related data sets produced by PROCIUDAD-CM researchers

The following data sets from earlier projects related to the programme, assembled by PROCIUDAD-CM researchers, are also currently available:

Residential land data for the United States

These data were assembled for the following article:

Henry G. Overman, Diego Puga, and Matthew A. Turner. 2008. 'Decomposing the growth in residential land in the United States.' Regional Science and Urban Economics 38(5), September 2008: 487-497.

Urban sprawl data for the United States

These data were assembled for the following article:

Burchfield, Marcy, Henry G. Overman, Diego Puga, and Matthew A. Turner. 2006. 'Causes of sprawl: A portrait from space.' Quarterly Journal of Economics 121(2): 587-633.

European regional unemployment data

These data were assembled for the following article:

Overman, Henry G. and Diego Puga. 2002. 'Unemployment clusters across Europe's regions and countries.' Economic Policy 34: 115-147.