Variable names and descriptions for the Galiani, Gertler, and Schargrodsky (2005) dataset provided for Political Science 236, UC, Berkeley, Fall 2008 VARIABLE NAME DESCRIPTION pcia.dpt Unique municipality identifier treat Treatment indicator (=1 if water services privatized between 1991 and 1999, =0 if water services did not privatize in this period) The following variables are provided for every year 199X from 1990 to 1999: y199X.privatews Private Water Services (=1 if water services private in year 199X, =0 if water services public in year 199X) y199X.unemp Unemployment y199X.pbirpc Real GDP per capita y199X.tasatot Child Mortality y199X.pubspendpc Public spending per capita y199X.ineq Income inequality y199X.tmaccid Mortality from Accidents y199X.tmperin Mortality from Perinatal y199X.tmconge Mortality from Congenital anomalies y199X.tmpiel Mortality from Skin and soft-tissue diseases y199X.tmsangr Mortality from Blood and hematologic diseases y199X.tmcircu Mortality from Cardiovascular diseases y199X.tmdiges Mortality from Gastrointestinal tract disorders y199X.tmgenit Mortality from Genital and urinary diseases y199X.tmosteo Mortality from Osteoarticular and connective tissue diseases y199X.tmrespi Mortality from Respiratory diseases y199X.tmendoc Mortality from Immunodeficiencies, endocrine,and nutrition system diseases y199X.tminfec Mortality from Infectious and parasitic diseases y199X.tmmenta Mortality from Mental disorders y199X.tmtumor Mortality from Tumors y199X.tmnerv Mortality from Nervous system disorders y199X.radical Radical Party (=1 if Radical party in control of government, =0 otherwise) y199X.peron Peronist Party (=1 if Peronist party in control of government, =0 otherwise) y199X.tmsl Mortality from Other causes y199X.hognbi1 Nonpoor Municipalities (=1 if non-poor, =0 otherwise) y199X.hognbi2 Poor Municipalities (=1 if poor, =0 otherwise) y199X.hognbi3 Extremely Poor Municipalities (=1 if extremely poor, =0 otherwise)