Download This PaperThe Quality of Government OECD Dataset, Version Jan19
University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute, 2019
DOI: 10.18157/qogoecdjan19; http://www.qog.pol.gu.se
445 Pages Posted: 1 May 2020 Last revised: 4 May 2020
Date Written: 2019
Abstract
The QoG OECD data-set consist of approximately 1000 variables from approximately 80 data sources. The data-set includes OECD member countries and has high data coverage in terms of geography and time.
In the QoG OECD CS data-set, data from and around 2015 is included. Data from 2015 is prioritized, however, if no data are available for a country for 2015, data for 2016 is included. If no data for 2015 exists, data for 2014 is included, and so on up to a maximum of +/- 3 years.
In the QoG OECD TS data-set, data from 1946 to 2018 is included and the unit of analysis is country-year (e.g. Sweden-1946, Sweden-1947 and so on).
In the code-book you can find a description of all data sources and variables. We provide a list of the variables categorized into eighteen thematic topics. Detailed descriptions of all variables are sorted by original data sources. We hope that this will facilitate your search for variables.
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