TABLE 1— NIGHT LIGHTS DATA FOR ALL STATES 1992-2013 AVERAGE

DN Aguascalientes B. California B. California Sur Campeche Coahuila Colima Chiapas Chihuahua

% % % % % % % %
0.00 20.81 59.64 49.93 52.26 75.70 17.03 31.00 67.83
0.01-0.99 21.50 31.71 46.63 37.53 19.25 42.55 42.36 27.81
1-2.99 15.41 2.16 1.26 6.06 1.57 15.78 13.53 1.79
3-5.99 12.20 1.61 0.70 1.82 1.00 8.69 5.85 0.91
6-10.99 10.83 1.62 0.48 1.00 0.77 5.76 3.58 0.60
11-20.00 8.99 1.34 0.38 0.63 0.63 4.10 1.99 0.42
21-62.99 9.10 1.59 0.60 0.70 0.99 6.03 1.67 0.52
63.00 1.15 0.32 0.02 0.01 0.09 0.07 0.02 0.12

TABLE 1— NIGHT LIGHTS DATA FOR ALL STATES 1992-2013 AVERAGE

DN Ciudad de México Durango Guanajuato Guerrero Hidalgo Jalisco Estado de México Michoacán
% % % % % % % %
0.00 0.03 66.83 24.32 34.50 26.28 35.97 8.99 38.30
0.01-0.99 0.54 26.84 23.44 41.08 29.81 36.54 16.06 35.81
1-2.99 6.93 2.98 14.53 14.37 12.34 11.49 14.20 11.33
3-5.99 8.71 1.23 10.96 4.52 9.30 5.94 11.76 6.01
6-10.99 7.13 0.83 10.03 2.55 8.33 4.14 12.29 4.10
11-20.00 6.36 0.65 8.26 1.55 6.97 2.67 12.26 2.40
21-62.99 35.27 0.59 8.05 1.39 6.86 2.78 21.23 1.99
63.00 35.04 0.05 0.39 0.04 0.11 0.47 3.21 0.05

TABLE 1— NIGHT LIGHTS DATA FOR ALL STATES 1992-2013 AVERAGE

DN Morelos Nayarit Nuevo León Oaxaca Puebla Querétaro Quintana Roo San Luis Potosí Sinaloa
% % % % % % % % %
0.00 5.24 41.62 65.00 43.71 23.17 36.99 48.99 64.90 38.59
0.01-0.99 9.14 39.11 22.58 40.57 31.54 21.39 41.62 22.32 40.39
1-2.99 10.91 9.80 3.59 8.39 14.42 8.80 4.28 5.70 8.42
3-5.99 11.86 4.06 2.37 3.19 9.49 7.62 1.84 2.94 5.10
6-10.99 15.46 2.42 1.85 1.89 8.03 8.73 1.09 1.77 3.44
11-20.00 19.67 1.47 1.51 1.15 6.66 8.24 0.79 1.13 2.13
21-62.99 27.16 1.49 2.85 1.08 6.27 7.73 1.33 1.15 1.79
63.00 0.56 0.04 0.24 0.02 0.42 0.50 0.06 0.09 0.15

TABLE 1— NIGHT LIGHTS DATA FOR ALL STATES 1992-2013 AVERAGE

DN Sonora Tabasco Tamaulipas Tlaxcala Veracruz Yucatán Zacatecas
% % % % % % %
0.00 61.81 16.36 64.35 2.79 27.27 31.77 65.96
0.01-0.99 32.33 36.36 24.18 11.84 37.11 45.95 23.12
1-2.99 2.18 15.41 4.35 17.78 14.00 8.54 4.76
3-5.99 1.32 9.00 2.23 16.34 8.08 5.12 2.75
6-10.99 0.91 7.79 1.67 16.08 5.83 3.82 1.59
11-20.00 0.60 7.85 1.14 12.51 3.88 2.58 0.99
21-62.99 0.79 7.20 1.98 22.42 3.78 2.01 0.83
63.00 0.07 0.04 1.10 0.24 0.05 0.22 0.00
 TABLE 2— BASELINE RESULTS FOR MÉXICO: 1992-2013; GROWTH IN REAL GDP (constant LCU )
ln(GDP) ln(GDP) ln(GDP) ln(GDP) ln(GDP) ln(GDP) ln(GDP) ln(GDP)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
ln(lights/area) 0.649** 0.6557** 0.6540** 0.688** 0.040** 0.329***
[0.273] [0.2924] [0.2720] [0.306] [0.019] [0.105]
ln(lights/area) sq. -0.0097
[0.0440]
ln(count top-coded + 1) 0.0038*
[0.0099]
ln(unlit) 0.0229
[0.0244]
Spatial Gini 0.380
[0.442]
ln(KWH) 0.747** 0.286***
[0.328] [0.084]
Observations 704 704 704 704 704 704 660
States 32 32 32 32 32 32 30
(Within state) R 2 0.793 0.793 0.793 0.794 0.811 0.893 0.947
Notes: All speci…cations include state and year …xed e¤ects. Robust standard errors, clustered by state, are in brackets.
***Signi…cant at the 1 percent level.
**Signi…cant at the 5 percent level.
*Signi…cant at the 10 percent level.

Average Visible, Stable Lights, & Cloud Free Coverages

YearnSat. F10 F12 F14 F15 F16 F18
1992 F101992
1993 F101993
1994 F121994
1995 F121995
1996 F121996
1997 F141997
1998 F141998
1999 F141999
2000 F152000
2001 F152001
2002 F152002
2003 F152003
2004 F162004
2005 F162005
2006 F162006
2007 F162007
2008 F162008
2009 F162009
2010 F182010
2011 F182011
2012 F182012
2013 F182013
 Table 3— Lights Up/Down, Time Trend, Long Di¤erence
Fixed e¤ects State time trend Demeaned plus/minus Long di¤erence Long di¤erence
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
ln(lights/area) 0.706**
[0.329]
j+ ln(lights/area)j

j- ln(lights/area)j

ln(top-coded + 1)

ln(unlit)

Time e¤ects Yes

State e¤ects Yes
Observations 702
States 32
(Within state) R 2 0.809

Notes: Robust standard errors (clustered by state except in column 2) in brackets. In columns 4 and 5, long di¤erences
are formed by averaging the …rst and last two years of levels data.
***Signi…cant at the 1 percent level.
**Signi…cant at the 5 percent level.
*Signi…cant at the 10 percent level.