Variable: Rule of Law

QoG Code: (wel_rol)


Dataset: Data from Freedom Rising by Christian Welzel

Description:

Meaning: Factor scale from the World Bank's ``global governance indicators'' measuring the degree of law enforcement in a country.
Source: Alexander and Welzel (2011); Alexander, Inglehart and Welzel (2012). Categorization is available in annual measures for most countries of the world from 1996 to 2006.
Scaling: The factor scores are standardized into a range from minimum 0 (for the lowest ever observed rule of law score) to maximum 1.0 (for the highest ever observed rule of law score), with fractions for intermediate positions. Note: In the original data there exists two different observations for Dominica, the value has been recoded to missing for this country.

Type of variable: Continuous


Last updated by source: 2014-03-01


Categories:

Judicial


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Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 190
OECD time-series: 35