QoG Social Policy Dataset - Wide Time-Series CS Data

The QoG Institute is an independent research institute within the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. Overall 30 researchers conduct and promote research on the causes, consequences and nature of Good Governance and the Quality of Government - that is, trustworthy, reliable, impartial, uncorrupted and competent government institutions. The main objective of our research is to address the theoretical and empirical problem of how political institutions of high quality can be created and maintained. A second objective is to study the effects of Quality of Government on a number of policy areas, such as health, the environment, social policy, and poverty. The dataset was created as part of a research project titled “Quality of Government and the Conditions for Sustainable Social Policy”. The aim of the dataset is to promote cross-national comparative research on social policy output and its correlates, with a special focus on the connection between social policy and Quality of Government (QoG). The data comes in three versions: one cross-sectional dataset, and two cross-sectional time-series datasets for a selection of countries. The two combined datasets are called “long” (year 1946-2009) and “wide” (year 1970-2005). The data contains six types of variables, each provided under its own heading in the codebook: Social policy variables, Tax system variables, Social Conditions, Public opinion data, Political indicators, Quality of government variables. QoG Social Policy Dataset can be downloaded from the Data Archive of the QoG Institute at http://qog.pol.gu.se/data/datadownloads/data-archive Its variables are now included in QoG Standard. Purpose: The primary aim of QoG is to conduct and promote research on corruption. One aim of the QoG Institute is to make publicly available cross-national comparative data on QoG and its correlates. The aim of the QoG Social Policy Dataset is to promote cross-national comparative research on social policy output and its correlates, with a special focus on the connection between social policy and Quality of Government (QoG). The dataset combining cross-sectional data and time-series data for a selection of 40 countries. The dataset is specifically tailored for the analysis of public opinion data over time, instead uses country as its unit of observation, and one variable for every 5th year from 1970-2005 (or, one per module of each public opinion data source). Samanni, Marcus. Jan Teorell, Staffan Kumlin, Stefan Dahlberg, Bo Rothstein, Sören Holmberg & Richard Svensson. 2012. The QoG Social Policy Dataset, version 4Apr12. University of Gothenburg:The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se治理质量（Quality of Government，简称QoG）研究所是哥德堡大学政治科学系下属的独立研究机构，共有30名研究人员开展并推动关于良政与治理质量的成因、影响及本质的研究——即可信、可靠、公正、廉洁且高效的政府治理体系。 本机构的核心研究目标为解决两大理论与实证议题：其一，探讨如何构建并维系高质量的政治治理体系；其二，研究治理质量对卫生、环境、社会政策与减贫等多个政策领域的影响。 本数据集源自题为《治理质量与可持续社会政策的实现条件》的研究项目，旨在推动社会政策产出及其关联因素的跨国比较研究，并特别聚焦社会政策与治理质量之间的内在联系。 该数据集包含三个版本：一套横截面数据集，以及两套针对部分选定国家的横截面时序数据集。其中两套时序数据集分别命名为“长格式”（覆盖1946-2009年）与“宽格式”（覆盖1970-2005年）。 数据涵盖六大类变量，在代码手册中各设独立章节：社会政策变量、税收体系变量、社会状况数据、公众舆论数据、政治指标以及治理质量变量。 QoG社会政策数据集可通过QoG研究所数据档案库下载，网址为http://qog.pol.gu.se/data/datadownloads/data-archive，其变量现已纳入QoG标准数据集。 研究宗旨： QoG项目的核心目标是开展并推动关于腐败问题的研究。QoG研究所的宗旨之一是向公众公开治理质量及其关联因素的跨国比较数据。 本社会政策数据集的目标在于推动社会政策产出及其关联因素的跨国比较研究，并特别聚焦社会政策与治理质量之间的关联。 本数据集整合了针对40个选定国家的横截面与时序数据，专门用于长期公众舆论数据分析：以国家为观测单元，采集1970-2005年间每5年一次的变量值（或对应各公众舆论数据源的每模块数据）。 引用信息： Samanni, Marcus、Jan Teorell、Staffan Kumlin、Stefan Dahlberg、Bo Rothstein、Sören Holmberg 与 Richard Svensson，2012年。《QoG社会政策数据集（版本4Apr12）》，哥德堡大学：治理质量研究所。网址：http://www.qog.pol.gu.se