<p>I found the datasets used in Barro and Sala-i-Martin's papers from the early 1990s. I have no idea how these could be read to either Stata or R.</p>
<p>The file formats are .h, .wf , .wk1 and .wk4.</p>
<p>I believe .h and .wf files work together (for example one of the .h file just contains variables)</p>
<p>I think, .wk1 and .wk4 have something to do with Lotus spreadsheet (which I do not have).</p>
<p>Question: Does anyone know how to read these to R?
I do not mind opening them in a safe freeware first to convert them to some common format.</p>
<p>This is Sala-i-Martin's data website: <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/%7Exs23/data.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/data.htm</a>
I am talking about the first three data - US, Japan and Europe.</p>
<p>Note: I am not sure if this is very suitable for Econ SE, but since this is Econ data from some very well-known research, I thought someone might have faced this issue before. Please let me know if I should migrate this.</p>

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2021-12-02T16:23:12.683Z
At least .wk1 files can be converted to various spreadsheet formats using https://onlineconvertfree.com/file-format/wk1/
Michael Greinecker
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2021-12-02T19:52:13.763Z
Thanks @MichaelGreinecker. I am going to try that. Though, I am still not sure how to read the other files.
erik
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2021-12-05T09:29:20.233Z
I think TSP files refer to the TSP econometrics sofware [wiki link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSP_(econometrics_software)). Probably wf files can be read by Eviews (if you have a copy).
tdm
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2021-12-06T18:04:57.117Z
@tdm Thanks for the information.
erik
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How to read Sala-i-Martin datasets?
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# How to read Sala-i-Martin datasets?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-02)

I found the datasets used in Barro and Sala-i-Martin's papers from the early 1990s. I have no idea how these could be read to either Stata or R.

The file formats are .h, .wf , .wk1 and .wk4.

I believe .h and .wf files work together (for example one of the .h file just contains variables)

I think, .wk1 and .wk4 have something to do with Lotus spreadsheet (which I do not have).

Question: Does anyone know how to read these to R?
I do not mind opening them in a safe freeware first to convert them to some common format.

This is Sala-i-Martin's data website: [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/data.htm](http://www.columbia.edu/%7Exs23/data.htm)
I am talking about the first three data - US, Japan and Europe.

Note: I am not sure if this is very suitable for Econ SE, but since this is Econ data from some very well-known research, I thought someone might have faced this issue before. Please let me know if I should migrate this.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: At least .wk1 files can be converted to various spreadsheet formats using https://onlineconvertfree.com/file-format/wk1/  
> **username_0**: Thanks @MichaelGreinecker. I am going to try that. Though, I am still not sure how to read the other files.  
> **username_2**: I think TSP files refer to the TSP econometrics sofware [wiki link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSP_(econometrics_software)). Probably wf files can be read by Eviews (if you have a copy).  
> **username_0**: @tdm Thanks for the information.  

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