Study Bjornskov (2014): study ZZ Europe 1975
- Public
- 14+ aged, 29 countries (EU member states and potential members), 1975-2011
- Survey name
- EU-Eurobarometer combined waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Investment price level
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Data: Bjornskov et al. 2008b; Dolan et al. 2008
- Distribution
- M = 1,001 SD = 0,208
- Operationalization
- The price of capital goods relative to the overall price level
Observed Relation with Happiness
B controlled for:
- Happiness 1 year before (to caputure CHANGE)
- Log GDP per capita
- Stable country characteristics
- Legal quality
- Social trust
- Postcommunist
- Openness economy
- Government size
- Regulations
- Crisis (episodes in which the year-to-year change in purchasing power adjusted GDP per capita is negative)
Fixed effects model. Random effects: B = +.007 (ns)
- GDP growth rate (instead of Log GDP per capita)
Fixed effects model. Random effects: B = -.04 (ns)
- Growth*crisis