QoG Standard Dataset
type: Dataset
description: The QoG Institute is an independent research institute within the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. Overall 30 researchers conduct and promote research on the causes, consequences and nature of Good Governance and the Quality of Government - that is, trustworthy, reliable, impartial, uncorrupted and competent government institutions. The main objective of our research is to address the theoretical and empirical problem of how political institutions of high quality can be created and maintained. A second objective is to study the effects of Quality of Government on a number of policy areas, such as health, the environment, social policy, and poverty. QoG Standard Dataset is the largest dataset consisting of more than 2,000 variables from sources related to the Quality of Government. The data exist in both time-series (year 1946 and onwards) and cross-section (year 2020). Many of the variables are available in both datasets, but some are not. The datasets draws on a number of freely available data sources related to QoG and its correlates. In the QoG Standard CS dataset, data from and around 2020 is included. Data from 2020 is prioritized; however, if no data is available for a country for 2020, data for 2021 is included. If no data exists for 2021, data for 2019 is included, and so on up to a maximum of +/- 3 years. In the QoG Standard TS dataset, data from 1946 and onwards is included and the unit of analysis is country-year (e.g., Sweden-1946, Sweden-1947, etc.).
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creative work status: completed
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creator: University of Gothenburg
creator: Jan Teorell
creator: Aksel Sundström
  type: Person
  affiliation: University of Gothenburg
  family name: Sundström
  given name: Aksel
creator: Sören Holmberg
  type: Person
  affiliation: University of Gothenburg
  family name: Holmberg
  given name: Sören
creator: Bo Rothstein
  type: Person
  affiliation: University of Gothenburg
  family name: Rothstein
  given name: Bo
creator: Natalia Alvarado Pachon
  type: Person
  affiliation: University of Gothenburg
  family name: Alvarado Pachon
  given name: Natalia
creator: Cem Mert Dalli
  type: Person
  affiliation: University of Gothenburg
  family name: Dalli
  given name: Cem Mert
date modified: 2024-08-06
date published: 2013-07-12
language: English
keywords: Government, political systems and organisations
keywords: Social Sciences
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  term code: 5
keywords: Political Science
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  term code: 506
publisher: University of Gothenburg
temporal coverage: 1946
distribution: documentation/codebook_std_jan24.pdf
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value: 10.18157/QoGStdJan22

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University of Gothenburg
type: Organization
department: Quality of Government Institute
department: Department of Political Science

Jan Teorell
type: Person
affiliation: Stockholm University
family name: Teorell
given name: Jan

Stockholm University
type: Organization
department: Department of Political Science

English
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alternate name: eng

Government, political systems and organisations
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description: Issues relating to national, regional and local government, governing bodies (e.g. the Government, Parliament, local government bodies), public administration, other political organisations such as political parties. For example, data on government policies, political parties and their policies, political party leaders, trust in government bodies.
term code: Politics.GovernmentPoliticalSystemsAndOrganisations

STATE CONTROL
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POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
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CORRUPTION
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DATA
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BUREAUCRACY
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
type: DefinedTerm
description: PLANNING, ORGANIZING, DIRECTING, CO-ORDINATING AND CONTROLLING OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS; THE STUDY OF THIS PROCESS; AN ORGANIZATION WHICH CARRIES OUT THESE FUNCTIONS

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
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