name ramey "PUB24DAT.TSP: This file reads OECD data file PUB24.DAT";
smpl 1 888;
?in panel;
read(file='pub24.dat') cntry year dy ly1 ly2 ly50 minv mpop sec dlg
  lgov1 lgov2 i dpop i50 dpop50;
doc cntry "country number";
doc dy "per capita GDP growth";
doc ly1 "1st lag of log per capita GDP";
doc ly2 "2nd lag of log per capita GDP";
doc ly50 "initial log per capita GDP in 1950";
doc minv "mean investment-GDP ratio";
doc mpop "mean population growth";
doc sec "Barro secondary education variable";
doc dlg "growth of per capita government consumption expenditures";
doc lgov1 "1st lag of log per capita govt expenditures";
doc lgov2 "2nd lag of log per capita govt expenditures";
doc i "investment-GDP ratio";
doc dpop "growth rate of population";
doc i50 "investment-GDP ratio in 1950";
doc dpop50 "population growth rate between 1950 and 1951";

?This creates a tlb file, which is referenced by the tsp programs
out panel24;
  keep cntry year dy ly1 ly2 ly50 minv mpop sec dlg
  lgov1 lgov2 i dpop i50 dpop50;

?The order of countries is:

?1: AUS           
?2: AUT           
?3: BEL           
?4: CAN           
?5: DNK           
?6: FIN           
?7: FRA           
?8: DEU           
?9: GRC           
?10: ISL           
?11: IRL           
?12: ITA           
?13: JPN           
?14: LUX           
?15: NLD           
?16: NZL           
?17: NOR           
?18: PRT           
?19: ESP           
?20: SWE           
?21: CHE           
?22: TUR           
?23: GBR          
?24: USA           

stop; end;