latin-america-financial-development-lab

Variable Dictionary

This dictionary combines variables detected in the legacy scripts with the clean names used by the new pipeline. Final definitions must be confirmed against source metadata once the data files are restored.

Original name Clean name Definition Unit Source Transformation Analytical use
Country country Country name. Text Legacy panels Standardized spelling. Panel identifier.
Date date Observation date. Date Legacy panels Parsed as date. Time identifier.
year year Calendar year. Integer Derived Extracted from date when needed. Annual aggregation and fixed effects.
T.credit total_credit Total outstanding credit. Local currency or source units Economic-sector panel Cleaned numeric value. Scale, growth, indices.
T.productive productive_credit Total productive credit. Local currency or source units Economic-sector panel Cleaned numeric value. Productive-credit share and rankings.
Total total_credit_alt Total credit in credit-type panel. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Cross-check against T.credit.
CommercialCredit commercial_credit Commercial credit. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Credit composition.
ConsumerCredit consumer_credit Consumer credit. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Non-productive credit proxy when appropriate.
CreditCard credit_card Credit card lending. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Household credit component.
Mortgage mortgage Mortgage or housing credit. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Household/real-estate credit.
Microcredit microcredit Microcredit. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Inclusion and productive finance proxy.
SMEs smes Small and medium enterprise credit. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Productive finance proxy.
BusinessCredit business_credit Business credit. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Productive finance proxy.
Leasing leasing Leasing credit. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Productive asset finance.
Government government_credit Government credit. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Credit allocation control.
PersonalCredit personal_credit Personal credit. Local currency or source units Credit-type panel Cleaned numeric value. Household credit component.
Industry industry_credit Credit to industry. Local currency or source units Economic-sector panel Cleaned numeric value. Sectoral allocation.
Agricultural agricultural_credit Credit to agriculture. Local currency or source units Economic-sector panel Cleaned numeric value. Sectoral allocation.
Commerce commerce_credit Credit to commerce. Local currency or source units Economic-sector panel Cleaned numeric value. Sectoral allocation.
Individuals individuals_credit Credit to individuals. Local currency or source units Economic-sector panel Cleaned numeric value. Non-productive credit proxy if documented.
Remaining remaining_credit Remaining sectors. Local currency or source units Economic-sector panel Cleaned numeric value. Residual sector allocation.
iT.credit18 total_credit_index_2018 Base-100 index, December 2018. Index Legacy script T.credit / T.credit_2018 * 100. Long-run growth figure.
iT.credit18ipc real_total_credit_index_2018 Inflation-adjusted base-100 index. Index Legacy script and IPC Deflated by IPC ratio. Real credit dynamics.
Derived non_productive_credit Total minus productive credit. Source units Pipeline Built only if both components exist. Productive vs non-productive comparison.
Derived productive_credit_share Productive credit divided by total credit. Ratio Pipeline productive_credit / total_credit. Main dependent variable.
Derived sector_concentration_hhi Herfindahl-Hirschman index of sector shares. Index 0-1 Pipeline Sum of squared sector shares. Diversification and risk.
Derived sector_diversification_index Diversification measure. Index 0-1 Pipeline 1 - HHI. Country ranking and clustering.
Derived credit_growth_yoy Year-over-year credit growth. Rate Pipeline total_credit / lag(total_credit) - 1. Macro-financial dynamics.
Derived credit_volatility Volatility of credit growth. Standard deviation Pipeline Country-level SD of growth. Risk indicator.