Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
... Show more..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.
The dataset was created as part of a research project titled “Quality of Government and the Conditions for Sustainable Social Policy”. The aim of the dataset is to promote cross-national comparative research on social policy output and its correlates, with a special focus on the connection between social policy and Quality of Government (QoG).
The data comes in three versions: one cross-sectional dataset, and two
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government InstituteData contains personal data
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Unit of analysis
Population
Countries
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time-serie dataset, long and wide: Selected accordning to two criteria. I) countries among the 30 most data-rich countries in the global sample, or II) is a current member of the European Union. Total 40 countries.
Time period(s) investigated
1946–2009
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, New Caledonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom, Korea (the Republic of), Czech Republic, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, United States, Austria
Geographic description: Time-series datsets ("long" and "wide"): 40 countries Cross-sectional dataset: 194 countries
Lowest geographic unit
Country
Highest geographic unit
Country
Research area
Government, political systems and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Description
A cross-section dataset based on data from and around 2002 of QoG Social Policy-dataset. If there was no data for 2002 on a variable, data from the year closest year available have been used, however not further back in time than 1995.Samanni, Marcus. Jan Teorell, Staffan Kumlin, Stefan Dahlberg, Bo Rothstein, Sören Holmberg & Richard Svensson. 2012. The QoG Social Policy Dataset, version 4Apr12. University of Gothenburg:The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
... Show more..Keywords
public opinion, state control, political institutions, corruption, data, bureaucracy, public administration, government organizations, political, social and economic issues
Time period(s) investigated
2002
Description
The dataset combining cross-sectional data and time-series data for a selection of 40 countries spanning the time period 1946-2009.Samanni, Marcus. Jan Teorell, Staffan Kumlin, Stefan Dahlberg, Bo Rothstein, Sören Holmberg & Richard Svensson. 2012. The QoG Social Policy Dataset, version 4Apr12. University of Gothenburg:The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
... Show more..Keywords
fiscal policy, public opinion, state control, political institutions, corruption, data, bureaucracy, public administration, government organizations, political, social and economic issues
Time period(s) investigated
1946–2009
Description
The dataset combining cross-sectional data and time-series data for a selection of 40 countries. The dataset is specifically tailored for the analysis of public opinion data over time, instead uses country as its unit of observation, and one variable for every 5th year from 1970-2005 (or, one per module of each public opinion data source).
Samanni, Marcus. Jan Teorell, Staffan Kumlin, Stefan Dahlberg, Bo Rothstein, Sören Holmberg & Richard Svensson. 2012. The QoG Social Policy Dataset, version
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
... Show more..Keywords
public opinion, state control, political institutions, corruption, data, bureaucracy, public administration, government organizations, political, social and economic issues
Time period(s) investigated
1970–2005