Study Bjornskov (2006a): study ZZ 1995
- Public:
- 18+ aged, general public, 67 nations, 1995-2002
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 70000
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Regulatory Freedom
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Regulatory Freedom
Observed Relation with Happiness
'Poor' is lowest 33%, 'rich highest 33% in self rated income position.
-GDP per capita
-Openness
-Government share in national consumption
-Postcommunist
-Income-inequality
The more freedom in a nation, the less difference in happiness between poor and rich.
Yet among rich and democratic nations freedom is not related to difference in happiness between the rich and the poor