DATA
OWW3 database | Stata | Stata | ASCII |
oww3.zip (9.3 Mb) | oww3.dta (68 Mb) | oww3.csv (108 Mb) |
You will need a major database, statistical program, or programming language to use these files. This dataset is too large to load completely into MS Excel 2000, which has a maximum of 65,536 observations, though ACCESS can be used to read the ASCII datafile. Users without STATA may be interested in STAT/TRANSFER. This program can translate STATA files into other formats including other statistical packages, database packages and spreadsheets. Among statistical packages supports are SPSS, SAS, and Systat.
Documentation
- Technical_document_OWW_1953-2008_release1.0.docx
- Exchange rate sources for OWW 1953-2008
- Working paper w26863
Variable List
bold are recommended for use - see the note below):
OWW3 | Variable Label |
y0 | year |
y1 | country code (from ILO October Inquiry) |
country_code | country code (iso3) |
country_name | country name |
y3 | industry code (from ILO October Inquiry) |
isic88 | International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC-88) |
y4 | occupation code (from ILO October Inquiry) |
isco88 | International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-1988) |
hw1wl_current | hourly: standard data (no calibration) (lex), LCU (reported) |
hw2wl_current | hourly: country-specific calibration (lex), LCU (reported) |
hw3wl_current | hourly: country-specific calibration with imputation (lex), LCU (reported) |
hw4wl_current | hourly: uniform calibration (lex), LCU (reported) |
hw1wl_present | hourly: standard data (no calibration) (lex), LCU (present-day) |
hw2wl_present | hourly: country-specific calibration (lex), LCU (present-day) |
hw3wl_present | hourly: country-specific calibration with imputation (lex), LCU (present-day) |
hw4wl_present | hourly: uniform calibration (lex), LCU (present-day) |
hw2wu_current | hourly: country-specific calibration (uni), LCU (reported) |
hw3wu_current | hourly: country-specific calibration with imputation (uni), LCU (reported) |
hw4wu_current | hourly: uniform calibration (uni), LCU (reported) |
hw2wu_present | hourly: country-specific calibration (uni), LCU (present-day) |
hw3wu_present | hourly: country-specific calibration with imputation (uni), LCU (present-day) |
hw4wu_present | hourly: uniform calibration (uni), LCU (present-day) |
hw1wl_us | hourly: standard data (no calibration) (lex), US$ |
hw2wl_us | hourly: country-specific calibration (lex), US$ |
hw3wl_us | hourly: country-specific calibration with imputation (lex), US$ |
hw4wl_us | hourly: uniform calibration (lex), US$ |
hw2wu_us | hourly: country-specific calibration (uni), US$ |
hw3wu_us | hourly: country-specific calibration with imputation (uni), US$ |
hw4wu_us | hourly: uniform calibration (uni), US$ |
mw1wl_current | monthly: standard data (no calibration) (lex), LCU (reported) |
mw2wl_current | monthly: country-specific calibration (lex), LCU (reported) |
mw3wl_current | monthly: country-specific calibration with imputation (lex), LCU (reported) |
mw4wl_current | monthly: uniform calibration (lex), LCU (reported) |
mw1wl_present | monthly: standard data (no calibration) (lex), LCU (present-day) |
mw2wl_present | monthly: country-specific calibration (lex), LCU (present-day) |
mw3wl_present | monthly: country-specific calibration with imputation (lex), LCU (present-day) |
mw4wl_present | monthly: uniform calibration (lex), LCU (present-day) |
mw2wu_current | monthly: country-specific calibration (uni), LCU (reported) |
mw3wu_current | monthly: country-specific calibration with imputation (uni), LCU (reported) |
mw4wu_current | monthly: uniform calibration (uni), LCU (reported) |
mw2wu_present | monthly: country-specific calibration (uni), LCU (present-day) |
mw3wu_present | monthly: country-specific calibration with imputation (uni), LCU (present-day) |
mw4wu_present | monthly: uniform calibration (uni), LCU (present-day) |
mw1wl_us | monthly: standard data (no calibration) (lex), US$ |
mw2wl_us | monthly: country-specific calibration (lex), US$ |
mw3wl_us | monthly: country-specific calibration with imputation (lex), US$ |
mw4wl_us | monthly: uniform calibration (lex), US$ |
mw2wu_us | monthly: country-specific calibration (uni), US$ |
mw3wu_us | monthly: country-specific calibration with imputation (uni), US$ |
mw4wu_us | monthly: uniform calibration (uni), US$ |
exrt_usd | exchange rate: LCU (present-day) per US$ |
curr_current | LCU as reported in ILO October Inquiry |
curr_present | LCU used at present |
conv_wage | conversion rate reported to present-day LCU |
select | source of exchange rate |
comment | additional info if nonstandard source of exchange rate |
share_indigenousl | share of observations reported for indigenous workers only (lex) |
share_europeanl | share of observations reported for European workers only (lex) |
share_indigenousu | share of observations reported for indigenous workers only (uni) |
share_europeanu | share of observations reported for European workers only (uni) |
coveragel | share of observations reported for entire country (lex) |
coverageu | share of observations reported for entire country (uni) |
note_occind_matching | Note on imputation of occupation and industry |
Calibration Info
Wage data are reported with variable names PwTwW_C, where P indicates whether it is an hourly or monthly wage, T the calibration type, W the weighting type, and C the currency type:
P
{h,m} Period:
h = hourly wage
m = monthly wage
T{1,2,3,4} Type:
1 = standard data (no calibration)
2 = country-specific calibration
3 = country-specific calibration with imputation
4 = uniform calibration
W{l,u} Weighting:
l = lexicographic weighting
u = uniform weighting
C{current,present,us} Currency:
current = in reported LCU
present = in present-day LCU
us = in US$
The standardized wage with country-specific calibration and imputation and lexicographic weighting (hw3wl_C and mw3wl_C) is recommended for use because it provides the largest sample, it uses country-specific calibration to the extent possible and it uses lexicographic weights favoring raw data reported in standard format. The standardized data Pw4wW_C do not use country-specific calibration and correspond to the standardization variant 2 in the initial release of the data for 1983-1998 (see NBER Working Paper #8058, table A.1). It is included for comparison.
QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION
If you have any questions about the OWW database please contact:
Remco Oostendorp
VU Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
email: r.oostendorp@ vu.nl
Last update: , 15 March 2020 |
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