Datasets
Data on United Nations Security Council membership
This database contains a dummy indicating that a country has been temporary member of the United Nations Security Council in a particular year and country.
When using these data, please cite:
Dreher, Axel; Jan-Egbert Sturm and James Vreeland, 2009, Development Aid and International Politics: Does membership on the UN Security Council influence World Bank decisions? Journal of Development Economics 88: 1-18 2009.
Updated August 4, 2020
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Data on Central Bank Governors
When using these data, please cite:
Dreher, Axel; Jan-Egbert Sturm and Jakob de Haan, 2008, Does High Inflation Cause Central Bankers to Lose Their Job? Evidence Based on A New Data Set, European Journal of Political Economy 24, 4: 778-787.
An older working paper version is available at KOF Working Paper No. 167.
KOF Index of Globalization
- economic
- social
- and political.
In addition to three indices measuring these dimensions, the database contains an overall index of globalization and sub-indices referring to
- actual economic flows
- economic restrictions
- data on information flows
- data on personal contact
- and data on cultural proximity.
Data are available on a yearly basis for 207 countries over the 1970 - 2016 period.
When using these data, please cite:
Gygli, Savina, Florian Haelg, Niklas Potrafke and Jan-Egbert Sturm, 2018, The KOF Globalisation Index – Revisited, Review of International Organizations, forthcoming.
Dreher, Axel, 2006, Does Globalization Affect Growth? Evidence from a new Index of Globalization, Applied Economics 38, 10: 1091-1110.
Updated December 27, 2018
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Index of Corruption
When using these data, please cite:
Dreher, Axel; Christos Kotsogiannis and Steve McCorriston, 2007, Corruption Around the World: Evidence from a Structural Model, Journal of Comparative Economics 35, 3: 443-466.
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IMF programs and World Bank projects, 1970-2015
This database contains yearly dummies for the existence of IMF programs and World Bank projects in 160 countries, as used and described in Boockmann and Dreher (2003) and Dreher (2006).
When using the IMF data, please cite:
Dreher, Axel, 2006, IMF and Economic Growth: The Effects of Programs, Loans, and Compliance with Conditionality, World Development 34, 5: 769-788.
When using the World Bank data, please cite:
Boockmann, Bernhard and Axel Dreher, 2003, The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom, European Journal of Political Economy 19, 3: 633-649.
Updated July 24, 2017
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Data on education and former profession of heads of governments
This database contains information on the profession and education of more than 500 political leaders from 72 countries over the period 1970-2002. It also provides the control variables used in Dreher et al. (2008).
When using these data, please cite:
Dreher, Axel; Michael J. Lamla; Sarah M. Lein; Frank Somogyi, 2008, The impact of political leaders’ profession and education on reforms, Journal of Comparative Economics 37, 1: 169-193.
An older working paper version is available as KOF Working Paper No. 147.
Updated July 20, 2008
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Data on NGO aid
This database contains information on aid expenditures allocated by 61 NGOs in 2005 (in Euro).
When using these data, please cite:
Koch, Dirk-Jan; Axel Dreher; Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp, 2008, Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations? World Development 37, 5: 902-918.
An older working paper version is available as KOF Working Paper No. 191.
Updated August 15, 2007
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Data on United Nations General Assembly Voting
This database contains information on a country’s voting behavior with respect to the G7 countries over the 1970-2008 period.
When using these data, please cite:
Dreher, Axel and Jan-Egbert Sturm, 2012, Do IMF and World Bank Influence Voting in the UN General Assembly? Public Choice 151, 1: 363-397.
An older working paper version is available at KOF Working Paper 137.
Updated March 10, 2010
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3P Anti-trafficking Policy Index
The Anti-trafficking Policy Index evaluates governmental anti-trafficking efforts in the three main policy dimensions, based on the requirements prescribed by the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (2000). The three main policy dimensions are:
- Prosecution of traffickers
- Prevention of the crime of human trafficking
- Protection of trafficking victims
The policy level is evaluated with a 5-point scale, where a score of 5 indicates the best policy practice with a score of 1 being the worst, for each of the three policy areas.
Additionally, the sub-indices of prosecution, protection and prevention are aggregated to an overall index ("3P" Index) as the unweighted sum, so that the overall index ranges from 3 (worst) to 15 (best). The project is sponsored by the European Commission's Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security (Prevention of and Fight Against Crime Programme, Action Grant).
Annual data are available for up to 184 countries over the 2000-2012 period. See www.human-trafficking-research.org for further details.
When using these data, please cite:
Cho, Seo-Young, Axel Dreher and Eric Neumayer, forthcoming, The Determinants of Anti-trafficking Policies - Evidence from a New Index, Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
An older working paper version is available as Cege Discussion Paper Series No. 119.
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