*Jana von Stein (janavs@umich.edu), University of Michigan
*STATA code to generate independence dates for countries granted independence after 1960
*If you notice any problems or mistakes in the data, please contact me. Thanks!

capture drop indepdate
gen indepdate = .
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Armenia"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Azerbaijan"
replace indepdate = 1973 if country=="Bahamas, The"
replace indepdate = 1971 if country=="Bahrain"
replace indepdate = 1971 if country=="Bangladesh"
replace indepdate = 1966  if country=="Barbados"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Belarus"
replace indepdate = 1981 if country=="Belize"
replace indepdate = 1992 if country=="Bosnia and Herzegovina"
replace indepdate = 1966 if country=="Botswana"
replace indepdate = 1984 if country=="Brunei"
replace indepdate = 1960 if country=="Burkina Faso"
replace indepdate = 1962 if country=="Burundi"
replace indepdate = 1975 if country=="Cape Verde"
replace indepdate = 1975 if country=="Comoros"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Croatia"
replace indepdate = 1993 if country=="Czech Republic"
replace indepdate = 1993 if country=="Czechoslovakia"
replace indepdate = 1977 if country=="Djibouti" 
replace indepdate = 2002 if country=="East Timor"
replace indepdate = 2002 if country=="Timor-Leste"
replace indepdate = 1968 if country=="Equatorial Guinea"
replace indepdate = 1993 if country=="Eritrea"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Estonia"
replace indepdate = 1970 if country=="Fiji"
replace indepdate = 1965 if country=="Gambia, The"
replace indepdate = 1965 if country=="Gambia"
replace indepdate = 1974 if country=="Grenada"
replace indepdate = 1973 if country=="Guinea-Bissau"
replace indepdate = 1966 if country=="Guyana"
replace indepdate = 1962 if country=="Jamaica"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Kazakhstan"
replace indepdate = 1963 if country=="Kenya"
replace indepdate = 1979 if country=="Kiribati"
replace indepdate = 1961 if country=="Kuwait"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Kyrgyzstan"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Kyrgyz Republic"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Latvia"
replace indepdate = 1966 if country=="Lesotho"
replace indepdate = 1990 if country=="Lithuania"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Macedonia"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Macedonia, FYR"
replace indepdate = 1964 if country=="Malawi"
replace indepdate = 1965 if country=="Maldives"
replace indepdate = 1964 if country=="Malta"
replace indepdate = 1968 if country=="Mauritius"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Moldova"
replace indepdate = 1975 if country=="Mozambique"
replace indepdate = 1990 if country=="Namibia"
replace indepdate = 1975 if country=="Papua New Guinea"
replace indepdate = 1971 if country=="Qatar"
replace indepdate = 1962 if country=="Rwanda"
replace indepdate = 1983 if country=="St. Kitts and Nevis"
replace indepdate = 1979 if country=="St. Lucia"
replace indepdate = 1979 if country=="St. Vincent and the Grenadines"
replace indepdate = 1962 if country=="Samoa"
replace indepdate = 1975  if country=="Sao Tome and Principe"
replace indepdate = 1992 if country=="Serbia and Montenegro"
replace indepdate = 1976 if country=="Seychelles"
replace indepdate = 1961 if country=="Sierra Leone"
replace indepdate = 1965 if country=="Singapore"
replace indepdate = 1993 if country=="Slovak Republic"
replace indepdate = 1993 if country=="Slovakia"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Slovenia"
replace indepdate = 1978 if country=="Solomon Islands"
replace indepdate = 1975 if country=="Suriname"
replace indepdate = 1968 if country=="Swaziland"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Tajikistan"
replace indepdate = 1970 if country=="Tonga"
replace indepdate = 1962 if country=="Trinidad and Tobago"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Turkmenistan"
replace indepdate = 1978 if country=="Tuvalu"
replace indepdate = 1962 if country=="Uganda"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Ukraine"
replace indepdate = 1971 if country=="United Arab Emirates"
replace indepdate = 1991 if country=="Uzbekistan"
replace indepdate = 1980 if country=="Vanuatu"
replace indepdate = 1964 if country=="Zambia"
replace indepdate = 1980 if country=="Zimbabwe"