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Hypotheses·growth·oecd_pdb_gdp_hour_frontier_convergence_1950_2025

Countries farther below the annual OECD labour-productivity frontier subsequently grow faster in GDP per hour.

INCONCLUSIVEengine/runs/oecd_pdb_gdp_hour_frontier_convergence_1950_2025

INCONCLUSIVE_DATA_PENDING — no outcome variable loaded; missing: ['oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0']

confidence cueResult card produced; verdict unclassified.

policy briefCoverage too thin

In ordinary language

Over a long period, do more market-oriented institutions translate into higher income or productivity, once the comparison looks beyond a single success story?

plain answer

This test cannot make a firm call yet. no outcome variable loaded; missing: ['oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0']

why it matters

Growth claims can look convincing in single success stories. This test asks whether the pattern survives a broader comparison.

how the test works

It compares 31 country or place units from 1971 to 2025, using a panel fe design, with fixed effects for country and year.

what was measured
What changed
  • Frontier gap lag
What we checked
  • Income hour growth
what this does not prove

A single test is not the whole truth. It narrows the claim under a specific sample, time period, and method. Strong policy conclusions need the pattern to survive nearby tests, alternative data, and serious objections.

verification

No evidence packet has been generated yet.

Results

engine/runs/oecd_pdb_gdp_hour_frontier_convergence_1950_2025
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illustrative sketch · run pending
No coefficients yet. When the model fires, this chart will show gdp_hour_growth across 31 sampled countries over 1971–2025.
The shapes above are stylised — none of the lines are real data.
Placeholder for oecd_pdb_gdp_hour_frontier_convergence_1950_2025. Published chart will be generated from engine/runs/oecd_pdb_gdp_hour_frontier_convergence_1950_2025/chart_data.json.

Pre-registration

registration ordering unverified
first-spec commit 4c8ce8e · 2026-07-18T22:11:21Z
run generated · 2026-06-29T17:52:58Z
Run timestamp predates this path's first git-add commit (rebase, rename, or pre-git local run). Spec hash is still the path's first-add commit — not repository HEAD — but ordering is not a clean pre-registration proof.

Countries farther below the annual OECD labour-productivity frontier subsequently grow faster in GDP per hour.

Falsification criterion — what would disprove this

set before the run · honoured after

This hypothesis is considered falsified if:

Estimate `gdp_hour_growth ~ frontier_gap_lag + C(country) + C(year)` on the landed OECD PDB vintage; expected sign: positive. SUPPORTED requires the pre-registered sign at p<0.10 or the named dominance criterion; otherwise the result is partial or weak.

formal test & threshold
test:      oecd_pdb_batch03_oecd_pdb_gdp_hour_frontier_convergence_1950_2025
threshold: p<0.10 with pre-registered sign, except dominance tests compare the named contribution magnitudes

Method

Template
panel_fe
Fixed effects
country, year
Clustering
country
Sample
31 countries · 1971 – 2025
Evidence type
associational

Local first-pass throughput screen; upgrade robustness before scoreboard conversion.

Data

VariableSourceTransform
gdp_hour_growth
outcome
oecd:OECD.SDD.TPStier 2
growth_or_level_as_named
frontier_gap_lag
treatment
oecd:OECD.SDD.TPStier 2
lagged_level_or_change_as_named

● ready  · ● pending  · ● reconstruct-needed

Detailed result card

Result card — oecd_pdb_gdp_hour_frontier_convergence_1950_2025

Verdict: INCONCLUSIVE_DATA_PENDING — no outcome variable loaded; missing: ['oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0']

Pre-registration

  • Claim: Countries farther below the annual OECD labour-productivity frontier subsequently grow faster in GDP per hour.
  • Falsification rule: Estimate gdp_hour_growth ~ frontier_gap_lag + C(country) + C(year) on the landed OECD PDB vintage; expected sign: positive. SUPPORTED requires the pre-registered sign at p<0.10 or the named dominance criterion; otherwise the result is partial or weak.
  • Falsification test: oecd_pdb_batch03_oecd_pdb_gdp_hour_frontier_convergence_1950_2025

Estimate

  • Error: no outcome variable loaded; missing: ['oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0']

Variables resolved

Variables missing data

  • oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0 (outcome, name=gdp_hour_growth) — vintage not on disk
  • oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0 (treatment, name=frontier_gap_lag) — vintage not on disk

Generated by scripts/run_panel_fe.py at 2026-06-29T17:52:58+00:00

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