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This function returns a vector of categories or all variables within a certain category (indicated by an argument)

Usage

clio_overview_cat(subargument = "all")

Arguments

subargument

One of the categories present on Clio-infra

Value

With no argument, it returns a vector containing the names of all available categories on clio-infra. With a category as one of its arguments, it returns the names, from, to and obs of all variables within that category.

Examples

clio_overview_cat("finanz")
#>                                                 variable_name from   to   obs
#> 1                                  Exchange Rates to UK Pound 1500 2013 15572
#> 2                                 Exchange Rates to US Dollar 1500 2013 11765
#> 3                                               Gold Standard 1800 2010 14359
#> 4                            Long-Term Government  Bond Yield 1727 2011  2849
#> 5 Total Gross Central Government  Debt as a Percentage of GDP 1692 2010  7134
clio_overview_cat()
#>  [1] "Agriculture"       "Demography"        "Environment"      
#>  [4] "Finance"           "Gender Equality"   "Human Capital"    
#>  [7] "Institutions"      "Labour Relations"  "National Accounts"
#> [10] "Prices and Wages"  "Production"       
clio_overview_cat("institutions")
#>                                         variable_name from   to   obs
#> 1                          Armed Conflicts (Internal) 1500 2000 95198
#> 2                     Armed Conflicts (International) 1500 2000 95198
#> 3  Competitiveness of Executive  Recruitment (XRCOMP) 1800 2012 14792
#> 4        Competitiveness of Participations  (PARCOMP) 1800 2012 14792
#> 5                     Executive Constraints  (XCONST) 1800 2012 14792
#> 6                                      Homicide Rates 1800 2010  6618
#> 7                           Latent Democracy Variable 1850 2000  7842
#> 8         Openness of Executive  Recruitment (XROPEN) 1800 2012 14792
#> 9                               Political Competition 1810 2000 12762
#> 10                            Political Participation 1810 2000 12883
#> 11                                      Polity2 Index 1800 2012 14593
#> 12                                          Polyarchy 1810 2010 12730
#> 13 Regulation of Chief Executive  Recruitment (XRREG) 1800 2012 14792
#> 14              Regulation of Participation  (PARREG) 1800 2012 14792
#> 15                    Unified Democracy Scores  (UDS) 1946 2008  8434