Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Stefan Dahlberg - Mid Sweden University, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Aksel Sundström - 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
Natalia Alvarado Pachon - 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.
QoG Basic Dataset, which consists of approximately the 300 most used variables from QoG Standard Dataset, is a selection of variables that cover the most important concepts related to Quality of Government.
In the QoG Basic CS dataset, data from and around 2018 is included. Data from 2018 is prioritized, however, if no data is available for a country for 2018, data for 2019 is included. If no data exists for 2019
Language
English
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Quality of Government Institute
Identifiers
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Countries
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Cross-sectional dataset: 194 countries which are members of the United Nations as well as previous members of the UN provided that their de facto sovereignty has not changed substantially since they were members.
Time period(s) investigated
1946 – 2021
Geographic spread
Geographic description: Time-series dataset: 211 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)
Access to data via
Homepage
Associated documentation
Description
In the QoG Basic CS dataset, data from and around 2018 is included. Data from 2018 is prioritized, however, if no data is available for a country for 2018, data for 2019 is included. If no data exists for 2019, data for 2017 is included, and so on up to a maximum of +/- 3 years.Citation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Stefan Dahlberg - Mid Sweden University, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Aksel Sundström - 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
Natalia Alvarado Pachon - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
... Show more..Keywords
state control, political institutions, corruption, data, bureaucracy, public administration, government organizations
Time period(s) investigated
2015 – 2021
Associated documentation
Description
In the QoG Basic TS dataset, data from 1946 to 2021 is included and the unit of analysis is country-year (e.g., Sweden-1946, Sweden-1947, etc.).Historical countries are in most cases denoted with a do-date (e.g. Ethiopia (-1992) and a from-date (Ethiopia (1993-)).
Citation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Stefan Dahlberg - Mid Sweden University, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Aksel Sundström - 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
Natalia Alvarado Pachon - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
... Show more..Keywords
state control, political institutions, corruption, data, bureaucracy, public administration, government organizations
Time period(s) investigated
1946 – 2021