Variable: Executive is Member of Legislature

QoG Code: (iaep_eml)


Dataset: Institutions and Elections Project Data

Description:

Is there an executive who is also a member of the legislature (like a prime minister, for example)? We consider membership in the legislature if either an explicit rule exists which requires an executive to maintain a seat in the legislature, or if practice and/or convention determines membership.

  1. No
  2. Yes

Source: IAEP (Wig et al., 2015)

Type of variable: Binary

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-23
Last updated by source: 2015-05-20


Categories:

Political System


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OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 173
OECD time-series: 37


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This variable has information from the year 1960 to the year 2012