Variable: Hanson & Sigman State Capacity Index

QoG Code: (lld_capacity)


Dataset: Hanson & Sigman's State Capacity Index

Description:

Hanson & Sigman´s State Capacity Estimate. Three dimensions of state capacity that their estimate relies on are extractive capacity, coercive capacity, and administrative capacity. The authors use Bayesian latent variable analysis to estimate state capacity at the conjunction of indicators related to these dimensions.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-06
Last updated by source: 2020-12-10


Categories:

Quality of Government


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

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Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 181
OECD time-series: 38


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This variable has information from the year 1960 to the year 2015