Data source: Dahlstrom, Teorell, Dahlberg, Hartmann, Lindberg and Nistotskaya
The QoG Survey is a data set on the structure and behavior of public administration, based on a web survey. The dataset covers key dimensions of quality of government, such as politicization, professionalization, openness, and impartiality.
Included in the QoG dataset are three indexes, each based on a group of questions from the survey. When constructing the indexes authors excluded countries with less than three responding experts.
The confidence interval variables give the higher and lower limits of the 95% confidence interval.
When using this dataset, please cite as:
(Dahlstrom et al.,
2015)
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qs_closed
Closed Public Administration: The index measures to what extent the public administration is more closed or public-like, rather than open or private-like. Higher values indicate a more closed public a ...
qs_closed_cih
Closed Public Administration Confidence Interval (High).
qs_closed_cil
Closed Public Administration Confidence Interval (Low).
qs_impar
Impartial Public Administration: The index measures to what extent government institutions exercise their power impartially. The impartiality norm is defined as: ``When implementing laws and policies, ...
qs_impar_cih
Impartial Public Administration Confidence Interval (High).
qs_impar_cil
Impartial Public Administration Confidence Interval (Low).
qs_proff
Professional Public Administration: The index measures to what extent the public administration is professional rather than politicized. Higher values indicate a more professionalized public administr ...
qs_proff_cih
Professional Public Administration Confidence Interval (High).
qs_proff_cil
Professional Public Administration Confidence Interval (Low).