Variable: O'Reilly & Murphy Baseline State Capacity

QoG Code: (sci_base)


Dataset: O'Reilly & Murphy's State Capacity Index

Description:

Comprehensive State Capacity is measured using the first principal component of the four measures: 'particularistic or public goods’, ‘rigorous and impartial public administration’, ‘rule of law’, and ‘state authority over territory’.

When calculating this variable, loadings derived from the principal component analysis of the most recent V-Dem data (v12) has been used.

Type of variable: Continuous


Last updated by source: 2022-05-25


Categories:

Quality of Government


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Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 173
Standard time-series: 184
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 40


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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2021