Variable: Adjusted retention rate for people in government positions

QoG Code: (wgov_tret)


Dataset: The WhoGov Dataset

Description:

The share of people in government positions, who were also in office in the previous year. This measure is adjusted for an expansion of the size of wgov_tot, so n_total stays constant and the retention rate is therefore not influenced by an expansion of the cabinet.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-10-20
Last updated by source: 2022-07-20


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


Find this variable in:

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

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 171
Standard time-series: 184
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 39


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This variable has information from the year 1964 to the year 2021