Study Helliwell et al. (2018): study ZZ World samples 2005 /1

Public

Survey name

Gallup poll

Sample

Respondents

N = 900000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Delivery quality

Our Classification

Distribution

M=0,01  SD=0,96

Related specification variables

Operationalization

a: Government effectiveness (Expert estimates of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's commitment to such policies.)

b: Regulatory quality (Expert estimates of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development.)

c: Rule of law (Expert estimates of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence.)

d: Control of corruption (Expert estimates  of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as "capture" of the state by elites and private interests.)

Delivery quality = (a+b+c+d)/4

Observed Relation with Happiness