Variable: Colonial Origin

QoG Code: (ht_colonial)


Dataset: The Authoritarian Regime Dataset

Description:

This is a tenfold classification of the former colonial ruler of the country. Following Bernard et al. (2004), we have excluded the British settler colonies (the US, Canada, Australia, Israel and New Zealand), and exclusively focused on 'Western overseas' colonialism. This implies that only Western colonizers (e.g. excluding Japanese colonialism), and only countries located in the non-Western hemisphere 'overseas' (e.g. excluding Ireland \& Malta), have been coded. Each country that has been colonized since 1700 is coded. In cases of several colonial powers, the last one is counted, if it lasted for 10 years or longer. The categories are the following:

  1. Never colonized by a Western overseas colonial power
  2. Dutch
  3. Spanish
  4. Italian
  5. US
  6. British
  7. French
  8. Portuguese
  9. Belgian
  10. British-French
  11. Australian

Type of variable: Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on: 2022-09-05
Last updated by source: 2017-08-10


Categories:

History


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2024 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 194
Basic time-series: 211
Standard cross-section: 194
Standard time-series: 211
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 40

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1946-2023
Basic time-series: 1946-2023
OECD time-series: 1946-2023

This variable has information for these countries:

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