Study Ouweneel (2002): study ZZ Developed nations 1980

Public

Unemployed adults, 42 nations, 1980-90

Sample

Respondents

N = 60000

Non Response

n.a.

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Average change in well-being of the unemployed 1980-1990

Our Classification

Remarks

state welfare level at the starting point in 1980 and change in social security expenditures 1980-1990 dividing point level welfare state spending in low and high is 17.4 % of GDP for happiness and 17.8 % for life satisfaction happiness scores werre converted from a 4-point to a 10-point scale to enable comparison with change in life satisfacttion data social security: ILO

Operationalization

A Low welfare state levels and increase social security:
a Canada
b Italy
c Japan
d Mexico
e Spain

B Low welfare state levels and decrease social security:
a Great Britain
b USA
c Norway (happiness)
d Argentina (life satisfaction)

C High welfare state levels and increase social security:
a Denmark
b Finland
c France
d Netherlands
e Sweden
f Norway (life satisfaction)

D High welfare state levels and increase social security:
a West Germany
b Ireland

Observed Relation with Happiness