Variable: Merit
QoG Code: (qs20_proff2)
Description:
Country-level estimate for Merit, constructed with an IRT model that accounts for DIF and variation in expert reliability. Higher values stand for more merit-based appointment.
Type of variable: Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-09
Last updated by source: 2021-03-15
Categories:
Political System
Quality of Government
Bureaucratic Structure
Find this variable in:
OECD Cross-section - 2024
Standard Cross-section - 2024
Original Dataset
Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
| Dataset |
No. Countries |
| Standard cross-section: |
85 |
| OECD cross-section: |
34 |
This variable has information for these countries:
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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia (1993-)
- Finland
- France (1963-)
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guyana
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, South
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Mexico
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan (1971-)
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zambia
This variable has information from the year 2020 to the year 2020