--- title: "Global Leadership Project (v1)" sdk: "datasets" taskCategories: - "research" tags: - "descriptive representation" - "political leadership" - "political science" - "social science" - "demographics" license: "mit" datasets: - "GlobalLeadershipProject_v1.csv" --- **A distilled dataset of more than 50,000 political elites coded on gender, ethnicity, language, religion, office type, and more.** The release accompanies the open‑access paper: > John Gerring, Connor T. Jerzak & Erzen Öncel (2024). > “The Composition of Descriptive Representation.” *American Political Science Review* 118(2): 784‑801. > https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055423000680 For more information, see [**GlobalLeadershipProject.net**](https://globalleadershipproject.net/). ## Dataset quick facts | | | |---|---| | **Rows** | >50 000 leaders | | **Countries** | 156 | | **Waves** | 2 (2010‑13, 2017‑19) | | **Political bodies** | 1 552 (executive, cabinet, parliamentary party group, upper/lower chambers, supreme court) | | **Identities coded** | Gender · Ethnicity · Language · Religion | | **File size** | ~92.8 MB CSV | ## Files included | File | Description | |------|-------------| | `GlobalLeadershipProject_v1.csv` | Tabular data (leaders × variables) | | `LICENSE` | MIT | ## Reference John Gerring, Connor T. Jerzak, Erzen Öncel. The Composition of Descriptive Representation. _American Political Science Review_, 118(2): 784-801, 2024. ``` @article{gerring2024composition, title={The Composition of Descriptive Representation}, author={Gerring, John and Connor T. Jerzak and Erzen \"{O}ncel}, journal={American Political Science Review}, year={2024}, volume={118}, number={2}, pages={784-801} } ``` ## Covariates covered | #|Column Name | |---:|:------------------------------| | 1|glp_country | | 2|glp_country_nid | | 3|glp_person | | 4|glp_person_nid | | 5|person_ethnic | | 6|person_ethnic_nid | | 7|office1 | | 8|office2 | | 9|office3 | | 10|person_firstname | | 11|person_lastname | | 12|round1 | | 13|round2 | | 14|person_round | | 15|country | | 16|country_id | | 17|lexical_index | | 18|pop_wdi_actual | | 19|V_Dem_Country | | 20|country_text_id | | 21|person_party_aff_power | | 22|pol_party_nid | | 23|pol_party | | 24|person_combethnicity | | 25|person_combethnicity_no | | 26|person_ethnocultural_title | | 27|person_ethnocultural_nid | | 28|person_ethnic1_title | | 29|person_ethnic1_nid | | 30|person_combethnic_title | | 31|person_house | | 32|person_bday | | 33|person_gender | | 34|person_gender_no | | 35|person_born_abroad | | 36|person_birthplace | | 37|person_birthcountry | | 38|person_marital_stat | | 39|person_numchild | | 40|person_occupation_all | | 41|person_occupation_1 | | 42|person_occupation_2 | | 43|person_occupation_3 | | 44|person_family_clan_name | | 45|person_family_clan_nam_rel | | 46|person_ethnocultural_crite | | 47|person_ethnocultural_crite_all | | 48|person_ethnocultural_crite_1 | | 49|person_ethnocultural_crite_2 | | 50|person_ethnocultural_crite_3 | | 51|person_ethnocultural_signf_nid | | 52|prsn_ethncltral_signf_title | | 53|person_ethnocultural_rel | | 54|person_ethnocultural_rel_no | | 55|prsn_ethncltralgp_living_style | | 56|person_ethnocultural_source | | 57|person_ethnocultural_all | | 58|person_ethnocultural_all_nid | | 59|person_ethnocultural_1_nid | | 60|person_ethnocultural_1_title | | 61|person_ethnocultural_2_nid | | 62|person_ethnocultural_2_title | | 63|person_ethnocultural_3_nid | | 64|person_ethnocultural_3_title | | 65|person_ethnic_criteria | | 66|person_ethnic_criteria_all | | 67|person_ethnic_criteria_1 | | 68|person_ethnic_criteria_2 | | 69|person_ethnic_criteria_3 | | 70|person_ethnic_signf_nid | | 71|person_ethnic_signf_title | | 72|person_ethnic_rel | | 73|person_ethnic_rel_no | | 74|person_ethnicgrp_ecorank | | 75|person_ethnicgrp_size | | 76|person_ethnicgp_living_style | | 77|person_ethnicgrp_source | | 78|person_ethnicgrp_population | | 79|person_ethnicgrp_defcriteria | | 80|person_ethnic_all | | 81|person_ethnic_all_nid | | 82|person_ethnic_1_nid | | 83|person_ethnic_1_title | | 84|person_ethnic_2_nid | | 85|person_ethnic_2_title | | 86|person_ethnic_3_nid | | 87|person_ethnic_3_title | | 88|person_rel_family_nid | | 89|person_rel_family_title | | 90|person_rel_family_rel | | 91|person_rel_family_rel_no | | 92|person_rel_current_nid | | 93|person_rel_current_title | | 94|person_rel_current_rel | | 95|person_rel_current_rel_no | | 96|person_lang_native_nid | | 97|person_lang_native_title | | 98|person_lang_native_rel | | 99|person_lang_native_rel_no | | 100|person_lang_native_other | | 101|person_lang_spoken_nid | | 102|person_lang_spoken_title | | 103|person_lang_spoken_other | | 104|person_lang_english | | 105|person_lang_french | | 106|person_lang_arabic | | 107|person_lang_spanish | | 108|person_lang_chinese | | 109|person_lang_german | | 110|person_lang_russian | | 111|person_lang_portuguese | | 112|person_lang_other | | 113|person_lang_all | | 114|person_lang_all_count | | 115|person_unv_name_all | | 116|person_unv_name_1 | | 117|person_unv_name_2 | | 118|person_unv_name_3 | | 119|person_ug_major | | 120|person_ug_major_all | | 121|person_ug_major_1 | | 122|person_ug_major_1_no | | 123|person_ug_major_2 | | 124|person_ug_major_2_no | | 125|person_ug_major_3 | | 126|person_ug_major_3_no | | 127|person_education | | 128|person_education_no | | 129|person_college_country | | 130|person_abroad | | 131|person_eduwest | | 132|person_course_of_study | | 133|person_combethnic_nid | | 134|person_combethnic_all | | 135|person_combethnic_all_nid | | 136|person_combethnic_1_nid | | 137|person_combethnic_1_title | | 138|person_combethnic_2_nid | | 139|person_combethnic_2_title | | 140|person_combethnic_3_nid | | 141|person_combethnic_3_title | | 142|person_combethnicgrp_size | | 143|person_combethnicgrp_ecorank | | 144|prsn_cmbthncgrp_livingstyle | | 145|person_combethnicgrp_source | | 146|prsn_cmbthncgrp_population | | 147|prsn_cmbthncgrp_defcriteria | | 148|person_party_aff_nonpartisan | | 149|person_party_aff_position | | 150|prsn_prty_aff_position_local | | 151|person_party_aff_coalition | | 152|prsn_prty_aff_coalition_differ | | 153|person_party_aff_longterm_aff | | 154|person_party_aff_pol_exp | | 155|person_office_position_1 | | 156|person_office_minposarea_1 | | 157|person_office_minposarea_lo_1 | | 158|person_office_service_began_1 | | 159|prsn_office_srvc_bgn_cabi_1 | | 160|person_office_terms_1 | | 161|person_office_pm_participate_1 | | 162|person_office_howmanydays_1 | | 163|prsn_office_hwmnydys_miss_1 | | 164|prsn_office_cnsttncy_nid_1 | | 165|prsn_office_cnsttncy_title_1 | | 166|person_office_position_2 | | 167|person_office_minposarea_2 | | 168|person_office_service_began_2 | | 169|prsn_office_srvc_bgn_cabi_2 | | 170|person_office_terms_2 | | 171|person_office_pm_participate_2 | | 172|person_office_howmanydays_2 | | 173|prsn_office_hwmnydys_miss_2 | | 174|prsn_office_cnsttncy_nid__2 | | 175|prsn_office_cnsttncy_title_2 | | 176|person_office_position_3 | | 177|person_office_minposarea_3 | | 178|person_office_service_began_3 | | 179|prsn_office_srvc_bgn_cabi_3 | | 180|person_office_terms_3 | | 181|person_office_pm_participate_3 | | 182|person_office_howmanydays_3 | | 183|prsn_office_hwmnydys_miss_3 | | 184|prsn_office_cnsttncy_nid_3 | | 185|prsn_office_cnsttncy_title_3 | | 186|person_office_minposarea_4 | | 187|person_office_minposarea_5 | | 188|office_type_1 | | 189|office_type_2 | | 190|office_type_3 |