Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Stefan Dahlberg - 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
... 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 QoG OECD dataset consist of approximately 1300 variables from approximately 75 data sources . The dataset includes OECD member countries and has high data coverage in terms of geography and time.
In the QoG OECD CS dataset, data from and around 2012 is included. Data from 2012 is prioritized, however, if no data are available for a country for 2012, data for 2
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 period(s) investigated
1946–2015
Geographic spread
Geographic description: OECD member countries
Lowest geographic unit
Country
Highest geographic unit
Country
Subject area
Government, political systems and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Citation requirement
Access to data via
Description
In the QoG OECD CS dataset, data from and around 2012 is included. Data from 2012 is prioritized, however, if no data are available for a country for 2012, data for 2013 is included. If no data exists for 2013, data for 2011 is included, and so on up to a maximum of +/- 3 years.Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Stefan Dahlberg - 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
... Show more..Time period(s) investigated
2012
Description
Cite as:Teorell, Jan, Staffan Kumlin, Stefan Dahlberg, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Anna Khomenko & Richard Svensson. 2016. The Quality of Government OECD Dataset, version Jan16. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute, http://www.qog.pol.gu.se doi:10.18157/QoGOECDJan16
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Stefan Dahlberg - 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
... Show more..Time period(s) investigated
1946–2015