The QoG EQI Data (2010 & 2013)
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Stefan Dahlberg
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Victor Lapuente Gine - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Lewis Dijkstra - European Commission, DG for Regional and Urban Policy, Economic Analysis Unit
Bo Rothstein - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Nicholas Charron - University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
Research principal
University of Gothenburg
- Quality of Government Institute
Description
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 QoG EU EQI Data is the result of a survey of corruption and governance at the regional level within the EU and one of the most complete quantitative estimate of QoG to date. The study was conducted during 2010 as a part of the EU Commission’s tri-annual “Cohesion Report” and during 2013 as part of ANTICORRP. It covers all 28 member states and 172 NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 regions in 2010, while the 2013 study included
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 QoG EU EQI Data is the result of a survey of corruption and governance at the regional level within the EU and one of the most complete quantitative estimate of QoG to date. The study was conducted during 2010 as a part of the EU Commission’s tri-annual “Cohesion Report” and during 2013 as part of ANTICORRP. It covers all 28 member states and 172 NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 regions in 2010, while the 2013 study included two more (at that point EU candidate countries): Serbia and Turkey as well as some regions in Ukraine. The number of NUTS-1 and NUTS-2 regions became 206 then. In total the survey was answered by 34 000 respondents in 2010 and 85 000 respondents in 2013..
As a part of the study an index, that measures the corruption in the EU at the regional level, was constructed, EU QoG Index (EQI). The index is based on 16 variables of the survey.
When using the 2010 EQI data please cite as follows:
Charron, Nicholas, Lewis Dijkstra & Victor Lapuente. 2014. Regional Governance Matters: Quality of Government within European Union Member States, Regional Studies, 48 (1): 68-90. DOI:10.1080/00343404.2013.770141
Charron, Nicholas, Victor Lapuente and Bo Rothstein. 2013. ’Quality of Government and Corruption from a European Perspective: A Comparative Study of Good Governance in EU Regions’’. Edward Elgar Publishing.
When using the 2013 EQI data please cite as follows:
Charron, Nicholas, Lewis Dijkstra and Victor Lapuente. 2014. ‘Mapping the Regional Divide in Europe: A Measure for Assessing Quality of Government in 206 European Regions’. Social Indicators Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0702-y.
Purpose:
The aim of EU EQI Data is to analyse corruption and governance at the regional level within the EU. Show less..
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Regions in 28 member states and two accession countries
Time period(s) investigated
2009 – 2010
2013 – 2013
Data format / data structure
Geographic spread
Geographic description: EU
Lowest geographic unit
Region
Responsible department/unit
Quality of Government Institute
Research area
Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Political science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
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