Variables

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A variable represents a measurable concept or indicator in a dataset.

Accountable Climate Target
QoG code: act_act

A binary measure of whether a country has an accountable climate target (ACT) or not. An ACT is a precise emissions target for which other countries can hold a country - and only that country - accountable. A country has ...

Number of framework policies recorded for this country and year, counted from the underlying agricultural-environmental policy database. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excludin ...

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Number of legislation policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year count aggregated from the policy database, restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For E ...

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Number of mixed policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level mix policies ...

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Number of monitoring policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level monitori ...

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Number of payment scheme policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level paym ...

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Number of R&D policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level R&D policies fo ...

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Number of regulation policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level regulati ...

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Total number of policies recorded for this country and year across all policy-type count columns in this dataset. All component counts are aggregated at the country-year level from the policy database, restricted to nati ...

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Advisory Council Chair
QoG code: agency_acchair

Denotes whether the agency head is also the chairman of the advisory council (rådets ordförande). 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Advisory Council Business Representation
QoG code: agency_acrepbu

Denotes whether the advisory council must include a business representative. 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Advisory Council Other Representation
QoG code: agency_acrepoth

Denotes whether the advisory council must include a representative from a group other than a business or union (e.g. the chair might be required to have experience as a judge). 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Advisory Council Union Representation
QoG code: agency_acrepun

Denotes whether the council must have a union representative. 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Adjudication
QoG code: agency_adjud

Denotes whether an agency is authorized to resolve legal disputes (rättstvister). Swedish law distinguishes between court agencies and administrative agencies, yet some administrative agencies have nonetheless been grant ...

Board Chair
QoG code: agency_bchair

Denotes whether the agency head is also the chairman of the board (styrelsens ordförande). 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Board Agency
QoG code: agency_board

Denotes whether an agency is led by a board (styrelse). A board agency (styrelsemyndighet) is an agency where the agency head is hierarchically subordinate to a collective decision-making body, similarly to the relations ...

Board Business Representation
QoG code: agency_brepbu

Denotes whether the board must include a business representative. 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Board Other Representation
QoG code: agency_brepoth

Denotes whether the board must include a representative from a group other than a business or union (e.g. the chair might be required to have experience as a judge). 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Board Union Representation
QoG code: agency_brepun

Denotes whether the board must include a union representative. 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Committee Chair
QoG code: agency_cchair

Denotes whether the agency head is also the chairman of the committee (nämndens ordförande). 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Collaboration
QoG code: agency_collab

Denotes whether an agency is obligated to collaborate (samverka) with other agencies. While some agencies are allowed to operate without concern for other agencies, many agencies also face formal demands that they must s ...

Committee Agency
QoG code: agency_committee

Denotes whether an agency is a committee (nämnd). A committee agency (nämndmyndighet) is an agency that is nothing more than a collective decision-making body. In the Swedish case, committees can sometimes be authorized ...

Advisory Council
QoG code: agency_council

Denotes whether an agency includes an advisory council (insynsråd, rådgivande nämnd, expertråd, etc). An advisory council is a collective decision-making body that lacks formal agenda-setting powers but can offer recomme ...

County Administration
QoG code: agency_county

Denotes whether an agency is a county administration (länsstyrelse). The county administrations act as the national government's representatives on the local level and are usually headed by former politicians. Note that ...

Committee Business Representation
QoG code: agency_crepbu

Denotes whether the committee must include a business representative. 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing