E4.1 - Growth.csv: Cross-country data for 65 countries on average GDP growth rates 1960-1995. Source: Beck, Levine, and Loayza (2000), Journal of Financial Economics. Variables: country_name, growth (avg annual GDP growth %), rgdp60 (real GDP per capita 1960), tradeshare (avg exports+imports/GDP), yearsschool, rev_coups, assassinations, oil (1 if oil≥50% exports). Exercises: scatterplot Growth vs TradeShare, identify Malta as outlier, run regressions with/without Malta.

E4.2 - Earnings_and_Height.csv: U.S. National Health Interview Survey 1994; n=17,870 workers. Source: Case and Paxson (2008), Journal of Political Economy. Variables: earnings (annual labor earnings $2012), height (inches), sex, age, educ, weight, race, region, cworker, occupation. Exercises: median height, earnings comparison by height, regress Earnings on Height, separate regressions by gender.

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