| Variable | Measurement | Era | SPSS code | N | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institutional quality | Index of 1) Voice and accountability (democracy), 2) Political instability and violence, 3) Government effectiveness, 4) Regulatory quality, 5) Rule of Law, 6) control of corruption Based on various sources, among which surveys among businessmen | 1997-98 | InstitutionalQuality_1998 | 54 | IMF 2000 |
| 2006 | InstitutionalQuality_2006 | 138 | Kaufmann et al 2007 | ||
| Opacity Index | Index of 1) Corruption, 2) Legalsystem inadequacies, 3) Economic enforcement policies, 4) Accounting standards, 5) Regulation.Based on objective sources only. Higher scores denote lower institutional quality | 2009 | OpacityIndex_2009 | 48 | Kurtzman & Yago 2009 |
| Diener/Tay index of ‘Social quality of life’ | Public opinion on 1) friends one can count on, 2) satisfaction with freedom, 3) children treated with respect, 4) good place for immigrants to live, 5) honest elections, 6) corruption. Assessed in GallupWorld Poll | 2006-2013 | SocialQualityIndex_2010s | 162 | Diener & Tay 2015, table 1 |
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The dataset States of Nations is about characteristics of countries in periods (macro variables). It is part of the World Database of Happiness