Results for tag: PWT
Alan Heston (1934-2024)
| Date: | 26 October 2024 |
GGDC Releases Productivity Level Database 2023 Edition
| Date: | 23 October 2023 |
Comparing productivity at the sectoral level requires estimates of relatives prices at the sectoral level. The 2023 edition of the Productivity Level Database provides the most comprehensive GGDC dataset to date, covering 84 countries and 12 sectors across...
TPI blog on the Penn World Table
| Date: | 18 July 2023 |
The Productivity Institute recently published a new blog introducing the Penn World Table (PWT). Authored by Ryan Marapin, Robert Inklaar and Reitze Gouma, this blog showcases two example analyses that illustrate the potential of the PWT data set, along...
PWT 10.01 has been released
| Date: | 09 February 2023 |
We have released a minor update of the Penn World Table, version 10.01. This update changes part of the calculation of investment prices and most notably impact capital growth. Details of this change have been documented in an updated 'what is new'...
The Economist: China is trying to protect its economy from Western pressure
| Date: | 30 May 2022 |
On May 26 The Economist featured an article on China's attempts to mitigate its exposure to Western influence, using data from the Penn World Table version 10.0.
The Economist: Manufacturing hope in Africa
| Date: | 22 March 2021 |
On March 20th, The Economist featured research by the GGDC and UNU-WIDER on the manufacturing renaissance in Africa. A key finding is that the share of people working in manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa has risen from 7.2% of the total in 2010 to 8.4%....
PWT 10.0 has been launched
| Date: | 15 January 2021 |
Today, we have launched version 10.0 of the Penn World Table. This version of the database covers 183 countries and the years from 1950 to 2019. We have incorporated the latest data from the International Comparison Program, led by the World Bank, which...
PWT 9.1 has been released
| Date: | 11 April 2019 |
PWT 9.1: release delay
| Date: | 23 January 2019 |
As many of you have noticed and noted, we have not managed to meet our goal for publishing PWT 9.1 in late 2018. Providing a high-quality data release that meets the ambitions set out last summer, especially with regard to improved capital measurement. We...
Income and Wealth conference activity
| Date: | 10 September 2018 |
At the latest General Conference of the International Association of Research in Income and Wealth, GGDC researchers contributed substantially to the program: