Definition of variables

Country: country name

Year: year

Country code: World Bank country code

Region: World Bank administrative regions

Mean years of schooling (MYS): average of time of schooling

MLD: mean log deviation of time of schooling

Theil: Theil entropy index of time of schooling

GE(2): generalized entropy index of time of schooling (parameter value set to 2)

Gini index: Gini index of time of schooling

Population: population by gender (male, female, total) and age range (over-15, over-25) from Barro and Lee data.