Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Merit Promotion

Talking about bureaucracy characteristics, merit promotion is coded present if there are regular, institutionalized procedures for promotion based on performance. when exceptional individuals are promoted to the top ranks, in the absence of institutionalized procedures, we code it under institution and equity variables (See here)

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Variable	Definition
Polity	The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s)	The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag	[Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
merit_promotion	The absence or presence of merit promotion for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Merit Promotion	Description	Edit
281	(Mubari)	Full Year Range of Mubari is assumed. [-10000, 2000]	absent	None
282	(Gisaka)	Full Year Range of Gisaka is assumed. [1700, 1867]	absent	None
283	(Fipa)	Full Year Range of Fipa is assumed. [1600, 1890]	absent	None
284	(Buhaya)	Full Year Range of Buhaya is assumed. [-10000, 2000]	absent	None
285	(Oyo)	Full Year Range of Oyo is assumed. [1300, 1535]	unknown	None
286	(Jin)	Full Year Range of Jin is assumed. [-780, -404]	present	None
287	(Northern Song)	Full Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127]	present	None
288	(Western Han Empire)	Full Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed. [-202, 9]	present	None
289	(Western Zhou)	Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	present	None
290	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348]	present	None

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