Variable	Measurement	Era	Code	N	Source
Government effectiveness	Aggregation of subjective assesments. Combines perceptions of the quality of public service provision, the quality of the bureaucracy, the competence of civil servants, the independence of civil service from political pressure, and the credibility of the government’s commitment to policies into a single grouping. The main focus of this index is on inputs required for the government to be able to produce and implement good policies and deliver public goods.	1997/98	GovEffectiveness_1998	91	Kaufmann c.s. 1999a, World Bank
		2000/01	GovEffectiveness_2001	91	Kaufmann c.s. 2002 table C3
		2002	GovEffectiveness_2002	175	Kaufmann 2003, table C3
		2006	GovEffectiveness_2006	175	Kaufmann 2007 table C3
		2012	GovEffectiveness_2012	175
Regulatory quality	Aggregated indicator, subjective assesments. Includes measures of the incidence of market-unfriendly policies such as price controls or inadequate bank supervision, as well as perceptions of the burdens imposed by excessive regulation in areas such as foreign trade and business development.	1998	RegulatoryQuality_1998	91	Kaufmann. 1999a table C4
		2001	RegulatoryQuality_2001	91	Kaufmann 2002, table C4
		2002	RegulatoryQuality_2002	175	Kaufmann 2003, table C4
		2006	RegulatoryQuality_2006	175	Kaufmann 2007 table C4
Democratic quality of governance	Index of 1) voice and accountability, 2) political instability and violence (identical to variable Democracy1). Estimates based on various sources, among which surveys among businessmen	2002	GovDemocraticQuality_2002	171
		2006	GovDemocraticQuality_2006	172
		2012	GovDemocraticQuality_2012	175
Technical quality of governance	Index of 1) government effectiveness, 2) regulatory quality, 3) rule of law and 4) control of corruption (= variable Corruption3). Estimates based on various sources, among which surveys among businessmen	2002	GovTechnicalQuality_2002	173
		2006	GovTechnicalQuality_2006	172
		2012	GovTechnicalQuality_2012	175
Corporatism	Siaroff index	late 1960s	Corporatism_1960s	21	Siaroff 1999 table 5
		late 1970s	Corporatism_1970s	21
		late 1980s	Corporatism_1980s	24
		mid 1990s	Corporatism_1990s	24

Related topics: Corruption, Government expenditures, Failed state, Legal system, Political stability
Related themes: Government, Institutional quality, Politics

The dataset States of Nations is about characteristics of countries in periods (macro variables). It is part of the World Database of Happiness. Though developed for the identification of societal conditions for happiness, this source can also be used for other purposes.