Machine Learning — Democracy Index —

Research Paper:

• Gründler and Krieger (2016). Democracy and growth: Evidence from a Machine Learning indicator. European Journal of Political Economy, 45(1), 85-107.
• Gründler and Krieger (2019). Should we care (more) about data aggregation? Evidence from Democracy Indices. CESifo Working Paper 7480.
• Gründler and Krieger (2020). Using Machine Learning for Measuring Democracy: An Update. Mimeo.

Data:

• ML Democracy Indices (1919 - 2019). Version: May, 2020. » xlsx dta xml
• Continuous ML Democracy Index (1919 - 2019, Distribution). Version: May, 2020. » xlsx dta xml
• Dichotomous ML Democracy Index (1919 - 2019, Distribution). Version: May, 2020. » xlsx dta xml

Supplementary material:

• Documentation of data collection