QoG OECD Data
This study is part of the collection Quality of Government
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
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
Anna Khomenko - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
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
Subject area
Government, political systems and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Principal organisation
Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
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
Anna Khomenko - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
Identifiers
SND-ID: EXT 0208
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
Time period(s) investigated
1946 — 2015
Geographic spread
Geographic description: OECD member countries
Lowest geographic unit
Country
Highest geographic unit
Country
Unit of analysis
Population
Countries
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Subject area
Government, political systems and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
Citation requirement
Is part of collection at SND
Dataset 1
The QoG OECD Cross-Section Data
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
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
Anna Khomenko - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
Description
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Time period(s) investigated
2012
Dataset 2
The QoG OECD Time-Series Data
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
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
Anna Khomenko - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
Description
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
Time period(s) investigated
1946 — 2015