A vector with country grouping by region for 189 countries — country_grouping

Each of the country is classified into one of the 5 categories according to their geographical location. The categories are:

1: Asia and the Pacific
2: Africa
3: Europe and Central Asia
4: Arab States
5: Americas

Usage

data(country_grouping_region)

Format

A numeric vector with values from 1 to 5

Source

International Labour Organization. (2020). ILO modelled estimates database, ILOSTAT [database]. Available from https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.

Examples

data(country_grouping_region)   # upload the data

# setup a fixed group allocation Panel VAR model
spec = specify_bvarGroupPANEL$new(
         ilo_dynamic_panel,
         group_allocation = country_grouping_region
)
#> Country groupings have been pre-specified and will not be estimated.