Brazilian Political Elites Database: 700 Politicians' Socioeconomic Backgrounds
by Mateus C. M de Albuquerque / Harvard Dataverse·Updated 1mo ago
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Description
The Elites 2025 Project maps the class links of primary Brazilian politicians. It analyzes 702 political positions, covering 700 politicians holding office on 01/07/2025, using data from electoral courts, legislative houses, Federal Revenue, and original prosopographical collection. Mateus C. M de Albuquerque compiled the database, which includes a codebook and source documentation.
Use Cases
Analyze socioeconomic stratification within the political class based on educational and marital background data.
Study correlations between political positions and asset holdings using Federal Revenue data.
Map associational networks among politicians based on collected background variables.
Strengths
Covers 700 politicians across 702 high-level positions, including President, governors, mayors, senators, and federal deputies.
Integrates data from multiple official sources: electoral courts, legislative houses, and Federal Revenue.
Includes extensive raw material documenting the source for every variable.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the single snapshot date of 01/07/2025.
Provenance
Source
Harvard Dataverse, author Mateus C. M de Albuquerque.
Collection Method
Combines administrative databases with original prosopographical data collection.
Time Range
Snapshot of politicians in office on 01/07/2025.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 18:50:05; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Brazil.
License is unknown; terms of use must be verified before application.