Study Flavin et al. (2011): study ZZ Developed nations 2005

Public

15+ aged, general public, 15 Industrialized Democracies, 2005-2009.

Survey name

INT-WVS: combined waves

Sample

Respondents

N = 10405

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Size of the state

Our Classification

Remarks

Data: See OECD 2009a, OECD 2009b Social welfare expenditures data: OECD (2011)

Operationalization

a) Tax revenue: tax revenue as percentage of GDP
b) Government share of GDP: government's consumption share of a country's real per capita GDP
c) Social wage: average gross unemployment benefit replacement rates for two earning levels, three family situations, and three durations of unemployment
d) Social welfare expenditures: country's social welfare expenditures as a percentage of GDP

Observed Relation with Happiness