THE QOG EXPERT SURVEY II Report

Abstract

THE QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT EXPERT SUR-VEY II IN BRIEF

• The Quality of Government Expert Survey II (QoG Expert Survey II) focuses on the organizational design of public bureaucracies and bureaucratic behavior on countries around the world • It is based on the subjective assessments of carefully selected country experts • Expert participation is pro bono • In total, 7096 questionnaires were sent • 1294 questionnaires were completed • The questionnaire included 71 substantive questions • Geographical coverage: 159 countries • 122 countries have three or more experts • The QoG Expert Survey II includes the following new topics: women in public administration, corruption and embezzlement and transparency • It has also improved measures for personnel management systems and administrative wages • There are one individual-level and one country-level datasets. • The QoG Expert Survey II has, in total, 59 country-level indicators

Suggested data citation: Dahlström, Carl, Jan Teorell, Stefan Dahlberg, Felix Hartmann, Annika Lindberg and Marina Nistotskaya. 2015. The QoG Expert Survey Dataset II. University of Gothen-burg: The Quality of Government Institute.

Suggested report citation: Dahlström, Carl, Jan Teorell, Stefan Dahlberg, Felix Hartmann, Annika Lindberg and Marina Nistotskaya. 2015. The QoG Expert Survey II Report. Gothenburg: The QoG Working Paper Series 2015:9