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The parlnet.csv and parlnet.rda files are taken from the parlnet project as of June 2018. Please refer to the parlnet appendix for detailed construction notes.

The other data files produced by this project are documented below.

parlnet_edges.csv

Running 1_extract_cosponsorships.r produces the following CSV dataset:

  • network -- parlnet ID for the cosponsorship network
  • i -- (country/chamber-specific) numeric ID of the cosponsor
  • j -- (country/chamber-specific) numeric ID of the sponsor/first author
  • w -- raw number of cosponsorships from cosponsor i to first author j
  • p_i -- party affiliation of i
  • p_j -- party affiliation of j
  • lr_i -- left/right ideological score of i (party-level, time-invariant)
  • lr_j -- left/right ideological score of j (party-level, time-invariant)
  • ny_i -- seniority of i (in years)
  • ny_j -- seniority of j (in years)
  • gd_i -- gender of i ("M" or "F")
  • gd_j -- gender of j ("M" or "F")
  • g_i -- whether i participates in a government coalition
  • g_j -- whether j participates in a government coalition

See the parlnet-appendix paper for measurement details.

parlnet_panel.csv

Running 2_create_unbalanced_panel.r produces the following CSV dataset:

  • id -- panel ID (country_chamber.party)
  • t -- time period (start year of the legislature)
  • p_j -- party
  • g_j -- whether party participates in a government coalition
  • lr_j -- left/right ideological score of party (time-invariant)
  • lr_ij_sd -- mean ideological distance between sponsor and cosponsor parties
  • p_wap -- fraction of cosponsorships across (i.e. from other) parties
  • p_wag -- fraction of cosponsorships across coalition
  • n_j -- number of sponsors in party
  • p_sen -- fraction of senior party members (see note)
  • p_fem -- fraction of female party members

Note -- senior party members are those who were in office for 1+ year(s) when the legislature started.

parlnet_frm.rda

Running 3_fractional_regressions.r produces a serialised R data file that contains fractional regression models of class frm, as provided by the frm package.

See Joaquim J.S. Ramalho's "Fractional Regression Models" page for code and papers.