QoG Basic
This study is part of the collection Quality of Government
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Bo Rothstein - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
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 QoG Basic dataset is smaller version of the QoG Standard dataset. The purpose is to offering the most used and the most qualitative variables in terms of data from the QoG standard dataset in a more accessible package. The data is existing in both time-series (year 1946 to 2015) and cross-section (year 2012).
Purpose:
The primary aim of QoG is to conduct and promote research on corruption. One aim of the QoG
Subject area:
government, political systems and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
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University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Bo Rothstein - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Identifiers:
SND-ID: EXT 0009
DOI: 10.18157/QoGBasJan16
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 QoG Basic dataset is smaller version of the QoG Standard dataset. The purpose is to offering the most used and the most qualitative variables in terms of data from the QoG standard dataset in a more accessible package. The data is existing in both time-series (year 1946 to 2015) and cross-section (year 2012).
Purpose:
The primary aim of QoG is to conduct and promote research on corruption. One aim of the QoG
Time period(s) investigated:
1946 — 2015
Geographic spread:
Geographic description: Time-series dataset: 211 countries Cross-sectional dataset: 193 countries
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Country
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Country
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Countries
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Subject area:
government, political systems and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
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Dataset 1
The QoG Cross-Section Data, Basic
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Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Bo Rothstein - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Description:
Dahlberg, Stefan, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Anna Khomenko & Richard Svensson. 2016. The Quality of Government Basic Dataset, version Jan16. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute, http://www.qog.pol.gu.se doi:10.18157/QoGBasJan16
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Data format / data structure:
Numeric
Time period(s) investigated:
2012
Dataset 2
The QoG Time-Series Data, Basic
DOI:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Bo Rothstein - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Description:
Historical countries are in most cases denoted with a do-date (e.g. Ethiopia (-1992) and a from-date (Ethiopia (1993-)).
Dahlberg, Stefan, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Anna Khomenko & Richard Svensson. 2016. The Quality of Government Basic Dataset, version Jan16. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute, http://www.qog.pol.gu.se doi:10.18157/QoGBasJan16
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Data format / data structure:
Numeric
Time period(s) investigated:
1946 — 2015