Appointment of Executive
0 = No
1 = Yes
7 = Missing information
8 = N/A - no constitution
9 = N/A - constitution in force

Right of Collective bargaining, government
0 = No
1 = Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, government authorization, maj
2 = Yes, with minor restrictions (e.g. registration, thresholds, only military, as p
3 = Yes

Electoral System Type-11 classes
1 = Single-Member-District-Plurality (SMDP)
2 = Two-Round System (TRS)
3 = Alternative Vote (AV)
4 = Borda Count (BC)
5 = Block Vote (BV)
6 = Party Block Vote (PBV)
7 = Limited Vote (LV)
8 = Single Nontransferable Vote (SNTV)
9 = List Proportional Representation (List PR)
10 = Single Transferable Vote (STV)
11 = Mixed Dependent (or Mixed Member Proportional)
12 = Mixed Independent (or Mixed Parallel)

Colonial Origin
0 = 0. Never colonized by a Western overseas colonial power
1 = 1. Dutch
2 = 2. Spanish
3 = 3. Italian
4 = 4. US
5 = 5. British
6 = 6. French
7 = 7. Portuguese
8 = 8. Belgian
9 = 9. British-French
10 = 10. Australian

Minimum Wage Setting
0 = No statutory minimum wage, no sectoral or national agreements
1 = Minimum wages are set by (sectoral) collective agreement or tripartite wage boar
2 = Minimum wages are set by national agreement (autonomous agreement) between union
3 = National minimum wage is set by agreement (as in 1 or 2) but extended and made b
4 = National minimum wage is set through tripartite negotiations
5 = National minimum wage is set by government, but after (non-binding) tripartite c
6 = Minimum wage set by judges or expert committee, as in award-system
7 = Minimum wage is set by government but government is bound by fixed rule (index-b
8 = Minimum wage is set by government, without fixed rule

Regime Type
1 = limited multiparty
2 = partyless
3 = no-party
4 = military trad
5 = military no-party
6 = military multiparty
7 = military one-party
8 = one-party
9 = other
16 = one-party monarchy
17 = monarchy
18 = rebel regime
19 = civil war
20 = occupation
21 = theocracy
22 = transitional
23 = no-party monarchy
24 = multiparty monarchy
25 = multiparty-occupied
100 = democracy

Right to Strike, government
0 = No
1 = Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, compulsory arbitration or con
2 = Yes, with minor restrictions (e.g. recognized union, balloting, proportionality,
3 = Yes

Electoral System
1 = Plurality (FPP)
2 = Majority
3 = Proportional representation
4 = Mixed systems
7 = Missing information

Right of Collective bargaining, market
0 = No
1 = Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, government authorization, maj
2 = Yes, with minor restrictions (e.g. registration, thresholds)
3 = Yes

Ban on Anonymous Donations to Candidates
0 = No
1 = Yes
2 = No, but specific limit

Electoral System for National Legislature
1 = List PR
2 = BV
3 = FPTP
4 = TRS
5 = MMP
6 = STV
7 = AV
8 = SNTV
9 = TRS PBV
10 = LV
11 = FPTP PBV
12 = FPTP List PR
13 = #FPTP#BV
14 = #FPTP#PBV#List PR
15 = Parallel
16 = In transition
17 = Modified BC
18 = No direct elections

National Minimum Wage
0 = No statutory minimum wage
1 = Statutory minimum wage in some sectors (occupations, regions/states) only
2 = Statutory national (cross-sectoral or inter-occupational) minimum wage exists

Electoral System Family
1 = PR
2 = Plurality/Majority
3 = Plurality/Majority and PR
4 = Mixed
5 = Transition
6 = Other
7 = Not Applicable

Ban on Corporate Donations to Candidates
0 = No
1 = Yes

Right of Association, market
0 = No
1 = Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, prior authorization, major gr
2 = Yes, with minor restrictions (e.g. recognition procedures, workplace elections,
3 = Yes

Right to Strike, market
0 = No
1 = Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, compulsory arbitration, major
2 = Yes, with minor restrictions (e.g. recognized union, balloting, proportionality,
3 = Yes

Political Parties/Candidates have to reveal identity of donors
0 = No
1 = Yes
2 = Not applicable
3 = Sometimes

Public Funding of Political Parties Related to Gender Equality
0 = No
1 = Yes
2 = Not applicable

Perception of Electoral Integrity Index Type
1 = Very Low
2 = Low
3 = Moderate
4 = High
5 = Very High

Electoral System Type-3 classes
1 = Majoritarian
2 = Proportional
3 = Mixed

Limit on the Donation to Political Parties (election)
0 = No
1 = Yes
2 = Regular limit applies

Unitary or Federal State
1 = Unitary system
2 = Confederation
3 = Federal system
7 = Missing information

Chief Executive Party Orientation
1 = Right
2 = Center
3 = Left

Electoral System for the President
1 = TRS
2 = FPTP
3 = SV
4 = STV
5 = In Transition
6 = Other
7 = Not Applicable

Government intervention in wage bargaining
1 = No government influence over wage bargaining
2 = Government influences wage bargaining by providing an institutional framework of
3 = Government influences wage bargaining indirectly through price-ceilings, indexat
4 = The government participates directly in wage bargaining (tripartite bargaining,
5 = The government imposes private sector wage settlements, places a ceiling on barg

Electoral Rule House
0 = PR
1 = Plurality

Legislature's Ratification of International Treaties
1 = No authority
2 = One chamber's approval necessary
3 = Both chambers' approval necessary
7 = Missing information
8 = N/A - no constitution

Political System
0 = Presidential
1 = Assembly-Elected President
2 = Parliamentary

Regime Type (simplified)
1 = Monarchy
2 = Military
3 = One-party
4 = Multi-party
5 = Multi-monarchy
6 = Military-multi
7 = Military-one
9 = No-party
10 = No-party mon
11 = Military noparty
12 = Rebel regime
99 = Other
100 = Democracy

Elected Office
0 = Legislative
1 = Presidential
2 = Both

Freedom Status
1 = Free
2 = Partly Free
3 = Not Free

Parties with More than 5 Percent
1 = One
2 = Two
3 = More than two
7 = Missing information

Checks and Balances
-999 = NA

The Region of the Country
1 = 1. Eastern Europe and post Soviet Union
2 = 2. Latin America
3 = 3. North Africa & the Middle East
4 = 4. Sub-Saharan Africa
5 = 5. Western Europe and North America
6 = 6. East Asia
7 = 7. South-East Asia
8 = 8. South Asia
9 = 9. The Pacific
10 = 10. The Caribbean

Coordination of wage-setting
1 = Fragmented wage bargaining, confined largely to individual firms or plants
2 = Mixed industry and firm-level bargaining, weak government coordination through M
3 = Negotiation guidelines based on centralized bargaining
4 = Wage norms based on centralized bargaining by peak associations with or without
5 = Maximum or minimum wage rates/increases based on centralized bargaining

State Government
0 = No local elections
1 = Legislature locally elected
2 = Legislature and executive locally elected

PR Type
1 = Single-Member-District-Plurality (SMDP)
2 = Two Round Majority-Plurality
3 = Two Round Qualified Majority
4 = Two Round Majority Runoff
5 = Alternative Vote (AV)
6 = Borda Count (BC)
7 = Modified Borda Count (mBC)
8 = Block Vote (BV)
9 = Party Block Vote (PBV)
10 = Limited Vote (LV)
11 = Single Nontransferable Vote (SNTV)
12 = Hare quota
13 = Hare quota with largest remainders
14 = Hare quota with highest average remainders
15 = Hagenbach-Bischoff quota
16 = Hagenbach-Bischoff quota with largest remainders
17 = Hagenbach-Bischoff quota with highest average remainders
18 = Droop quota
19 = Droop quota with largest remainders
20 = Droop quota with highest average remainders
21 = Imperiali quota
22 = Imperiali quota with largest remainders
23 = Imperiali quota with highest average remainders
24 = Reinforced Imperiali quota
25 = D'Hondt
26 = Sainte-Lague
27 = Modified Sainte-Lague
28 = Single Transferable Vote

Institution
0 = Parliamentary democracy
1 = Semi-presidential democracy
2 = Presidential democracy
3 = Civilian dictatorship
4 = Military dictatorship
5 = Royal dictatorship

Presidential Election
0 = Legislative election
1 = Presedential election

Right of Association, government
0 = No
1 = Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, government authorization, maj
2 = Yes, with minor restrictions (e.g. recognition procedures, thresholds, only mili
3 = Yes

Mandatory extension of collective agreements to non-organised employers
0 = There are neither legal provisions for mandatory extension, nor is there a funct
1 = Extension is exceptional, used in some industries only, because of absence of se
2 = Extension is used in many industries, but with thresholds and Ministers candecid
3 = Extension is virtually automatic and more or less general (including enlargement

Appointment of Regional Representatives
1 = Autonomous decision
2 = Central government decision
3 = No regional/provincial governments
7 = Missing information

The predominant level at which wage bargaining takes place
1 = Bargaining predominantly takes place at the local or company level
2 = Intermediate or alternating between sector and company bargaining
3 = Bargaining predominantly takes place at the sector or industry level
4 = Intermediate or alternating between central and industry bargaining
5 = Bargaining predominantly takes place at central or cross-industry level with bin