PWT: Matlab Code

Directory structure:

baseDir:

  • outDir: figures and tables
  • matDir: generated mat files
  • dataDir: original data files
  • progDir: program files

Programs

The code is entirely general purpose (not specific to the course).

  • go_pwt8 startup; add dir to path
  • const_pwt8 set constants
  • run_all_pwt8 runs everything in sequence
  • import_pwt8 imports stata file into matlab
  • var_load_yc_pwt8 loads one variable by [Country,year]
  • country_list_pwt8 makes list of countries and years

Basic Steps

  1. Download Stata file.
  2. Make Stata file into a matlab dataset using Stat/Transfer
  3. import_pwt8: break the Stata file into individual variables and save them as matlab matrices, indexed by [year, country]
  4. var_load_yc_pwt8: loads one variable for a given set of years and countries

Exercises

  1. Write code that imports the stata file (import_pwt8)

  2. Write var_load_yc_pwt8

  3. Plot the density of real output per worker in 2000 (rgdp_density_growth821).

  4. Plot the price of consumption against real gdp per worker for the year 2000.

    What do you find?