Reported Social Unrest Index (RSUI)
This dataset provides two measures of social unrest derived from media reports. One is the “A” index from the paper (which measures the fraction of a country’s news articles about social unrest), and the other is the “events” series (which measures the number of major unrest events).
Suggested citation: Barrett, P., Appendino, M., Nguyen, K., & de Leon Miranda, J. (2022). Measuring social unrest using media reports. Journal of Development Economics, 158, 102924.
Note: Some media sources mis-label China and Hong Kong SAR. Series which explicitly adjust for this are available on request from the authors.
