Replication Data for: Bicameralism Hinges on Legislative Professionalism (doi:10.7910/DVN/PE2FQH)

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Document Description
Citation
Title:	Replication Data for: Bicameralism Hinges on Legislative Professionalism
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/PE2FQH
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Date of Distribution:	2023-03-14
Version:	1
Bibliographic Citation:	Brown, Adam R; Garlick, Alex, 2023, "Replication Data for: Bicameralism Hinges on Legislative Professionalism", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PE2FQH, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:4Wd0K4dbSuei8tiMjI0TOg== [fileUNF]
Study Description
Citation
Title:	Replication Data for: Bicameralism Hinges on Legislative Professionalism
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/PE2FQH
Authoring Entity:	Brown, Adam R (Brigham Young University)
	Garlick, Alex (The University of Vermont)
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Access Authority:	Brown, Adam
Depositor:	Brown, Adam
Date of Deposit:	2022-07-15
Holdings Information:	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PE2FQH
Study Scope
Keywords:	Social Sciences
Abstract:	Includes Stata do-file.
Methodology and Processing
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File Description--f6913652
File: data.tab
	Number of cases: 187 No. of variables per record: 36 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
Notes:	UNF:6:4Wd0K4dbSuei8tiMjI0TOg==
Variable Description
List of Variables:	__XT__ state statename fips - State FIPS code year - Second year of state's biennium stateyear __BILLS_ALL__ n_statutes - Number of statutory bills that passed chamber of origin lnstatutes - ln( n_statutes + 1 ) pct_intropassed2 - Of bills introduced in 2nd chamber, % passed in 2nd chamber pct_hb_intropassed2 - Of HB introduced in Senate, % passed in Senate pct_sb_intropassed2 - Of SB introduced in House, % passed in House __EXPENDITURES__ totalexp2019 - Total biennial expenditures ($1000s) in 2019 dollars, including salary expendperlog - totalexp2019 / ln( totalsize + 1 ) expendall - Biennial expenditures per legislator (2019 $1000s) incl salary lnexpendall - ln( expendall + 1 ) termlimits __BOWEN_GREENE__ t_slength - Session length (regular and special sessions) in legislative days slength - Session length (regular sessions) in legislative days lnsession - ln( t_slength + 1 ) salary_real - Biennial legislator salary, in thousands of 2019 dollars lnsalary - ln( salary_real + 1 ) expend - Legislative expenditures per legislator, in thousands of 2019 dollars lnexpend - ln( expend + 1 ) mds1 - Multidimensional scaling (MDS) predicted value, first dimension mds2 - Multidimensional scaling (MDS) predicted value, second dimension __IDEOLOGY__ chamber_distance - abs( chamber_diff ) chamber_split __OTHER__ joint - # of joint committees makse - bicameral distinctiveness score limit_either - One or both chambers has bill introduction limit governor_split - Divided government (unified legislature, governor not of same party)
Variables
__XT__
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. NaN; StDev NaN; Mean NaN; Valid 0.0; Max. NaN Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:1p1BG1bTorZO6V7bSJ2D/Q==
state
f6913652 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:kfn8OK/92f7zu+q/cMnXyA==
statename
f6913652 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:pMtgoVw25mZKIVXcnE+MZA==
State FIPS code
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Max. 56.0; Mean 28.898395721925098; StDev 16.233688176784014; Valid 187.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:6fKaiBUf+hiynxrt/q/9lg==
Second year of state's biennium
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: StDev 2.5425932890773284; Max. 2018.0; Valid 187.0; Min. 2009.0; Mean 2014.5401069518716; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:U2+x2kvC4H1NCoY1QkWhjA==
stateyear
f6913652 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:iYkcosbgeE3qUMhzgPo6uw==
__BILLS_ALL__
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean NaN; StDev NaN; Max. NaN; Min. NaN; Valid 0.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:1p1BG1bTorZO6V7bSJ2D/Q==
Number of statutory bills that passed chamber of origin
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 187.0; StDev 795.0879998048831; Max. 5695.0; Mean 1036.3903743315507; Min. 143.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:LIABQiTgmWaX58FyRw2xzQ==
ln( n_statutes + 1 )
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 8.6475191116333; Min. 4.969813346862793; StDev 0.662754462096743; Valid 187.0; Mean 6.71986607689271; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:XrcGUDguTIiPc4XdOcZrVw==
Of bills introduced in 2nd chamber, % passed in 2nd chamber
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 97.07291412353516; Valid 187.0; StDev 14.246882871538263; Mean 73.43917332613532; Min. 31.253131866455078; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:EmwZTn1HQ9p/zHw7QzvyGQ==
Of HB introduced in Senate, % passed in Senate
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 97.42086791992188; Mean 73.93384477543958; Min. 26.28992462158203; StDev 15.66013687758667; Valid 187.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:rXzT69lR+Ag22XQq7ES8ng==
Of SB introduced in House, % passed in House
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 100.0; Valid 187.0; Min. 24.026947021484375; StDev 14.363656568013862; Mean 73.68552574116916 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:MTajF6/7lUpbgW6P51hKIg==
__EXPENDITURES__
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. NaN; StDev NaN; Mean NaN; Valid 0.0; Max. NaN; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:1p1BG1bTorZO6V7bSJ2D/Q==
Total biennial expenditures ($1000s) in 2019 dollars, including salary
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: StDev 163973.42645960278; Mean 133371.43315508022; Max. 794442.0; Min. 9733.0; Valid 187.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:tJyrlpbq06J1hjRwsJqVvA==
totalexp2019 / ln( totalsize + 1 )
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: StDev 31938.904775402236; Min. 2087.08642578125; Mean 26527.15785323362; Max. 165654.03125; Valid 187.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:pmMUT3gZjUKfmYAb5dyEJw==
Biennial expenditures per legislator (2019 $1000s) incl salary
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 6620.35009765625; Valid 187.0; Mean 914.8664841677413; Min. 71.16509246826172; StDev 1082.9054678582365; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:JR8Wnl8LlJ8xiu1Mf0SpKw==
ln( expendall + 1 )
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 187.0; StDev 0.8840308033080836; Max. 8.798054695129395; Mean 6.415150894838222; Min. 4.278956413269043 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:EoKqM/cThrM4Np0+1xaUGg==
termlimits
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: StDev 0.46805857953849517; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.32085561497326215; Valid 187.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:LSM4cpE76tYQ2sfa2w9WYA==
__BOWEN_GREENE__
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 0.0; Max. NaN; Min. NaN; Mean NaN; StDev NaN Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:1p1BG1bTorZO6V7bSJ2D/Q==
Session length (regular and special sessions) in legislative days
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 521.2999877929688; Mean 154.87102091184227; StDev 91.17294533892772; Min. 42.0; Valid 186.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:mRSe5LDte8T6+Hm3ANQRrw==
Session length (regular sessions) in legislative days
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 186.0; Min. 42.0; Max. 518.2999877929688; StDev 85.98290890063042; Mean 144.92870914295156 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:ZqEUgSgbAWjVRcXCpqDxeQ==
ln( t_slength + 1 )
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. 3.761200189590454; Max. 6.258242130279541; Valid 186.0; StDev 0.4911514318754209; Mean 4.919891681722415 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:mu5Dy0b2AuAB9eMSMaCEZQ==
Biennial legislator salary, in thousands of 2019 dollars
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 182.0; Mean 65.46889834519271; Max. 250.2041484375; Min. 0.0; StDev 54.614898948169575 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:YZvo3hmYQtJmJ6GuQk4GwQ==
ln( salary_real + 1 )
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 3.735507106551757; Min. 0.0; Valid 182.0; Max. 5.526266098022461; StDev 1.1692551835044283 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:wcSfJd72XLSmiPOqA5QUrQ==
Legislative expenditures per legislator, in thousands of 2019 dollars
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. 70.96953582763672; Max. 6473.255126953125; Valid 182.0; Mean 889.1962467235521; StDev 1075.0213510875096 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:U3WJM4Mbr5/uU+vEMs4gcA==
ln( expend + 1 )
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 182.0; StDev 0.902198352451923; Max. 8.775588989257812; Min. 4.276242733001709; Mean 6.3663047512809; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:bhD5I+wVb8HNsvw3WKRLHQ==
Multidimensional scaling (MDS) predicted value, first dimension
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 7.735424518585205; Mean 0.18738553894539656; Valid 181.0; Min. -1.8306114673614502; StDev 1.6914295415426879 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:2K6ArUylhV4cBPa2y+2wgg==
Multidimensional scaling (MDS) predicted value, second dimension
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: StDev 0.794402564596665; Min. -2.1814138889312744; Valid 181.0; Mean 0.10624138212335674; Max. 3.3569133281707764; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:W2u7Ma50vxlpaUMJQfpwcg==
__IDEOLOGY__
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: StDev NaN; Min. NaN; Mean NaN; Max. NaN; Valid 0.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:1p1BG1bTorZO6V7bSJ2D/Q==
abs( chamber_diff )
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0010000000474974513; StDev 0.3067793707760852; Max. 1.99399995803833; Mean 0.21623595514572802; Valid 178.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:p956TU82eeCTIcc0MhAgMQ==
chamber_split
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 178.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.28682755063135157; Mean 0.0898876404494382; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:1fAjXSG82CDMMowVk4d/mA==
__OTHER__
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 0.0; StDev NaN; Min. NaN; Max. NaN; Mean NaN Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:1p1BG1bTorZO6V7bSJ2D/Q==
# of joint committees
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 5.206989247311827; StDev 6.71516271923694; Min. 0.0; Max. 26.0; Valid 186.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:qpznUfOFNjmpsTYpxSwDwg==
bicameral distinctiveness score
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 130.0; Mean 0.38608461217238355; Min. 0.17000000178813934; StDev 0.09603098725767623; Max. 0.6669999957084656 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:wSeLgieTw+GG0amnYvBPnA==
One or both chambers has bill introduction limit
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.33155080213903737; Valid 187.0; StDev 0.4720343200308502 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:n8JzC+dMwFHwE6HMFoByhA==
Divided government (unified legislature, governor not of same party)
f6913652 Location:	Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4111605020266079; Mean 0.21390374331550796; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 187.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:MNvHxHBom2znrBRRuvkFPg==
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