Working Paper: NBER ID: w15319
Authors: Diego A. Comin; Bart Hobijn
Abstract: This note accompanies the Cross-country Historical Adoption of Technology (CHAT) dataset. CHAT is an unbalanced panel dataset with information on the adoption of over 100 technologies in more than 150 countries since 1800. The data is available for download at: http://www.nber.org/data/chat We discuss the main aim of CHAT, its scope and limitations, as well as several ways in which we have used the data so far and ways to potentially use the data for other research.
Keywords: technology adoption; productivity; cross-country dataset
JEL Codes: N00; O00
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| technology usage (L96) | total factor productivity (TFP) (D24) |
| institutions (D02) | total factor productivity (TFP) (D24) |
| climate policies (Q58) | total factor productivity (TFP) (D24) |
| technology usage (L96) | institutions (D02) |
| technology usage (L96) | climate policies (Q58) |