A vector with country grouping by detailed subregion for 189 countries — country_grouping

Each of the country is classified into one of the 20 categories according to their geographical location. The categories are:

1: Southern Asia
2: Central Africa
3: Southern Europe
4: Arab States
5: South America
6: Western Asia
7: Pacific Islands
8: Western Europe
9: Eastern Africa
10: Western Africa
11: Eastern Europe
12: Caribbean
13: Central America
14: South-Eastern Asia
15: Southern Africa
16: Northern America
17: Northern Europe
18: Eastern Asia
19: Northern Africa
20: Central Asia

Usage

data(country_grouping_subregiondetailed)

Format

A numeric vector with values from 1 to 20

Source

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

Examples

data(country_grouping_subregiondetailed)   # upload the data

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