Variable: Legislative Chamber

QoG Code: (h_l1)


Dataset: Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset

Description:

Dummy variable coded 1 if there is an effective legislative chamber (based on information from Polity's Executive Constraints, p_xconst).

Type of variable: Binary

Downloaded by QoG on: 2024-09-18
Last updated by source: 2023-01-30


Categories:

Political System


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OECD Time-series - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 190
OECD time-series: 32


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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2016