Universität Bern Comparative Political Data Set
The Universität Bern Comparative Political Data Set (1960-2009) is a collection of institutional and political data which have been assembled in the context of the research projects 'Handlungs-spielräume des Nationalstaates' and 'Critical junctures: an international comparison' directed by Prof. Klaus Armingeon and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
The database consists of annual data for 23 democratic countries for the period 1960 to 2009. In the cases of Greece, Spain and Portugal, political data were collected only for the democratic periods. The data set is suited for cross national, longitudinal and pooled time series analyses.
The data set contains some additional demographic, socio- and economic variables. However, these variables are not the major focus of the project, and are thus limited in scope. For more in-depth socio-economic data, consult the OECD iLibrary and the CNTS database .
In published work based on the data, please quote this data set as: Klaus Armingeon, Philipp Leimgruber, Michelle Beyeler, Sarah Menegale. Comparative Political Data Set 1960-2009, Institute of Political Science, University of Berne [date].
Data coverage is from 1960 to 2009.
Some series begin later than 1960; see individual files.
The Data homepage has full details about collation and variables .
Users should read this PDF codebook , before accessing the data directly on the Bern site .
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu