Public Investments, Human Capital, and Political Stability: The Triptych of Economic Success

Table 2

Descriptive statistics.

Variables	Mean	Min.	Max.
Growth (×100)	1.67006	−3.3345 (Dem. Congo)	9.1038 (China)
Initial ($)	7509.351	346.626 (Mozambique)	35758.3 (Iceland)
Invest (% of GDP)	21.71515	10.0264 (Cote l’Ivoire)	46.0913 (Lesotho)
Govcons (% of GDP)	15.44864	4.895766 (Bangladesh)	34.48183 (Lesotho)
Pubinv (% of GDP)	6.987489	1.27113 (Brazil)	28.7414 (China)
Prinv (% of GDP)	14.6237	2.65519 (Burundi)	33.0561 (Lesotho)
Pubeduc (% of GDP)	4.391182	0.9794873 (Guyana)	12.30818 (Lesotho)
Pubhealth (% of GDP)	3.444823	0.1601331 (Zimbabwe)	8.457549 (France)
Pubmilit (% of GDP)	2.319679	0.0642023 (Iceland)	6.15932 (Jordan)
Openness (% of GDP)	70.65654	22.4138 (Sudan)	183.922 (Malaysia)
Deficit (% of GDP)	−1.82237	−11.2169 (Lebanon)	12.544 (Niger)
Debt (% of GDP)	69.44112	9.34823 (Botswana)	171.7885 (Mauritania)
Sch (years)	6.262029	0.947148 (Mozambique)	12.9285 (USA)
Initsch (years)	5.226822	0.2768 (Yemen)	12.3402 (USA)
Pupteapr (ratio)	32.49416	10.3058 (Denmark)	85.0493 (Central Africa)
Fertile (rate)	3.65159	1.28619 (Spain)	7.48881 (Niger)
Lifeexp (years)	64.19683	41.0609 (Sierra Leone)	80.9694 (Japan)
mortal5 (rate)	70.89359	4.1381 (Iceland)	236.857 (Sierra Leone)
Pop (growth)	1.659322	−0.780933 (Bulgaria)	3.54479 (Yemen)
Emplindu (% of total empl.)	19.1524	2.1 (Chad)	35.9842 (Mauritius)
Unempl (% of total labor)	9.499108	0.5 (Burundi)	51.5 (Djibouti)
Telec (lines per 100 people)	15.22859	0.04736 (Dem. Congo)	65.1118 (Sweden)
Railway (total km)	12797.03	290.667 (Jordan)	186092 (USA)
Stabil (index)	−0.255222	−2.317793 (Dem. Congo)	1.509539 (Finland)
Effect (index)	−0.063308	−1.712302 (Dem. Congo)	2.164273 (Denmark)
Rule (index)	−0.146094	−1.733297 (Dem. Congo)	1.940029 (Finland)
Corrupt (index)	−0.089167	−1.481801 (Dem. Congo)	2.442755 (Denmark)
Gini (index)	41.63648	24.7 (Denmark)	64.3 (Comoros)