Puerto Rico GDP Index from 1900 to 1940

Offering a new GDP index for Puerto Rico covering the period from 1900 to 1940. It was created by John Devereux to analyze economic growth during direct American rule and the Great Depression. The dataset supports the replication of findings on income per capita trends.

Use Cases

• Analyze the new GDP index to assess income per capita growth rates from 1900 to 1940.
• Compare economic performance during direct American rule using the GDP index time series.
• Investigate the GDP index to evaluate Puerto Rico's experience during the Great Depression.
• Use the GDP index to examine claims about recent growth slowdowns as statistical artifacts.

Strengths

• Provides a new GDP index for a historically significant 40-year period (1900-1940).
• Dataset is associated with a specific academic replication package for published research.
• Last updated in February 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The specific data structure, column names, and row count are unknown.
• The dataset's temporal coverage is limited to the first half of the 20th century.
• File formats and size are unspecified, which may complicate data access and use.

Provenance

Source

John Devereux via ICPSR Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Created as a replication package for the study 'Arrested Development? Puerto Rico in an American Century'.

Time Range

1900 to 1940.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-27.

Geography

Puerto Rico.