Grid cell
Country (N = 39)
Longitude
Latitude
Longitude x Longitude
Longitude x Longitude x Longitude
Longitude x Longitude x Longitude x Longitude
Latitude x Latitude
Latitude x Latitude x Latitude
Latitude x Latitude x Latitude x Latitude
Euclidean distance to navigable river (km)
Euclidean distance to the coast (km)
Dummy equal to one if cell within 10 km from the coast
Dummy equal to one if cell within 10 km from a navigable river coast
Dominant ethnic group (N = 755) in the cell
Dominant district (N = 2,304) in the cell
Euclidean distance (km) to a railroad line in 1960
Euclidean distance (km) to a railroad line in 1960 built for military domination
Euclidean distance (km) to a railroad line in 1960 built for mining
Cell within 10 km from a railroad line in 1960
Cell within 10-20 km from a railroad line in 1960
Cell within 20-30 km from a railroad line in 1960
Cell within 30-40 km from a railroad line in 1960
Cell within 40-50 km from a railroad line in 1960
Cell within 50-60 km from a railroad line in 1960
Cell within 10 km from a line in 1960 built for military domination
Cell within 10 km from a line in 1960 built for mining
Cell within 10 km from a line in 1960 built for other reasons
Euclidean distance (km) to a placebo line in 1916
Euclidean distance (km) to a placebo line in 1922
Cell within 10 km from a placebo line in 1916
Cell within 10 km from a placebo line in 1922
Cell within 10 km from a placebo line in 1916-1922
Year the cell was connected to a railroad line in 1960 (0 if not)
Dummy equal to one if the cell was connected before 1918
Dummy equal to one if the cell was connected between 1918 and 1945
Dummy equal to one if the cell was connected after 1945
Euclidean distance to the Euclidean Minimum Spanning Tree (EMST)
Dummy equal to one if the cell is less than 40 km from the EMST
Dummy equal to one if the cell is a node or a neighbor of a node
Total urban population (localities > 10,000 inh.) of the cell in 1890
Total urban population (localities > 10,000 inh.) of the cell in 1900
Total urban population (localities > 10,000 inh.) of the cell in 1960
Total urban population (localities > 10,000 inh.) of the cell in 1970
Total urban population (localities > 10,000 inh.) of the cell in 1980
Total urban population (localities > 10,000 inh.) of the cell in 1990
Total urban population (localities > 10,000 inh.) of the cell in 2000
Total urban population (localities > 10,000 inh.) of the cell in 2010
Dummy equal to one if there is a city in the cell in 1890
Dummy equal to one if there is a city in the cell in 1900
Dummy equal to one if there is a city in the cell in 1960
Dummy equal to one if there is a city in the cell in 2010
Total urban population (localities > 15,000 inh.) of the cell in 1960
Total urban population (localities > 17,322 inh.) of the cell in 1960
Total urban population (localities > 20,000 inh.) of the cell in 1960
Total urban population (localities > 22,000 inh.) of the cell in 1960
Total urban population (localities > 50,000 inh.) of the cell in 1960
Total urban population (localities > 15,000 inh.) of the cell in 2010
Total urban population (localities > 20,000 inh.) of the cell in 2010
Total urban population (localities > 31,763 inh.) of the cell in 2010
Total urban population (localities > 50,000 inh.) of the cell in 2010
Total urban population (localities > 83,000 inh.) of the cell in 2010
Euclidean distance (km) to the first largest city
Euclidean distance (km) to the second largest city
Euclidean distance (km) to the capital city
The cell contains the first largest city of the country
The cell contains the second largest city of the country
The cell contains the capital city of the country
Mean altitude (m)
Standard deviation of altitude (m)
Average annual precipitations (mm) in 1900-1960
Share of class 1 soils in the cell
Share of class 2 soils in the cell
Share of class 3 soils in the cell
Share of undetermined soils in the cell
Share of water bodies in the cell
Share of sparsely vegetated soils in the cell
Dummy equal to one if there is a mine in the 0-10 km railroad cell
Euclidean distance (km) to a paved road in 2000
Euclidean distance (km) to an improved road in 2000
Cell within 10 km from a paved road in 2000
Cell within 10 km from an improved road in 2000
Mean night light intensity in 2010 (0-63)
State Name
Distance to Rail in Km
Distance to Placebo in Km
Grid is a Node
Grid is a placebo node
Distance to Mission Station in Km
State Numeric
Dummy for North