The MacroDemography Database

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Joseph Kopecky, Trinity College Dublin

Version:  View help for Version V1

Name File Type Size Last Modified
MacroDemography.dta application/x-stata-dta 1.7 MB 03/15/2023 11:15:AM
MacroDemography_wProjections.dta application/x-stata-dta 3 MB 03/15/2023 12:32:PM

Project Citation: 

Kopecky, Joseph. The MacroDemography Database. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-03-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E186561V1

Project Description

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The MacroDemography Database is an ongoing project aimed combining long-run macroeconomic and demographic data in a readily usable format for researchers aiming to explore questions relating to the relationship between economies and their underlying age structure. By enriching the set of demographic variables used in long run economic analysis while taking advantage of the contribution of the contribution of the Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory Database in providing a rich set of macroeconomic variables for a panel of countries it is possible to revisit many questions in the literature on the economic implications of population aging that were not possible in the past. My aim is to continue to update this database with various sources of demographic variable to improve the completeness of the panel over time.

At present the data contains an unbalanced panel of 18 countries spanning the time period from 1870 to 2018. The dataset "MacroDemography.dta" is the main data, while "MacroDemography_wProjections" appends median variant projections for population data from 2020 to 2100.

This dataset uses the following sources that should be cited when using the relevant statistics. Please visit the source websites for more information and https://www.josephkopecky.com/ where updates will be regularly posted.

For Macroeconomic Data:
  • Òscar Jordà, Moritz Schularick, and Alan M. Taylor. 2017. “Macrofinancial History and the New Business Cycle Facts.” in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2016, volume 31, edited by Martin Eichenbaum and Jonathan A. Parker. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
For rates of return data: 
  • Òscar Jordà, Katharina Knoll, Dmitry Kuvshinov, Moritz Schularick, and Alan M. Taylor. 2019. “The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870–2015.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 134(3), 1225-1298.
For data on bank balance sheet ratios:

  • Òscar Jordà, Björn Richter, Moritz Schularick, and Alan M. Taylor. 2021. "Bank capital redux: solvency, liquidity, and crisis." The Review of Economic Studies, 88(1), 260-286.  
Much of the demographic data comes from the Human Mortality database:

  • HMD. Human Mortality Database. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany), University of California, Berkeley (USA), and French Institute for Demographic Studies (France). Available at www.mortality.org (data downloaded on 15/03/2023).
US Data Population data pre-1933 comes from the US census:
Data on projections comes from the UN Population Prospects data:
  • United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects 2022: Methodology of the United Nations population estimates and projections. UN DESA/POP/2022/TR/NO. 4.




Scope of Project

Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Panel of 18 countries
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1870 – 2018

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source
For Macroeconomic Data:
  • Òscar Jordà, Moritz Schularick, and Alan M. Taylor. 2017. “Macrofinancial History and the New Business Cycle Facts.” in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2016, volume 31, edited by Martin Eichenbaum and Jonathan A. Parker. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
For rates of return data: 
  • Òscar Jordà, Katharina Knoll, Dmitry Kuvshinov, Moritz Schularick, and Alan M. Taylor. 2019. “The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870–2015.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 134(3), 1225-1298.
For data on bank balance sheet ratios:

  • Òscar Jordà, Björn Richter, Moritz Schularick, and Alan M. Taylor. 2021. "Bank capital redux: solvency, liquidity, and crisis." The Review of Economic Studies, 88(1), 260-286.  
Much of the demographic data comes from the Human Mortality database:

  • HMD. Human Mortality Database. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany), University of California, Berkeley (USA), and French Institute for Demographic Studies (France). Available at www.mortality.org (data downloaded on 15/03/2023).
US Data Population data pre-1933 comes from the US census:
Data on projections comes from the UN Population Prospects data:
  • United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects 2022: Methodology of the United Nations population estimates and projections. UN DESA/POP/2022/TR/NO. 4.


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