Study Rode (2013): study ZZ World samples 1995

Public

18+ years, general public, 87 countries, 1995-2005

Survey name

INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008

Sample

Respondents

N = 180000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Regulation

Our Classification

Remarks

Part of Economic Freedom Index (Fraser Institute: Gwartney, Hall, & Lawson, 2011).

Related specification variables

Operationalization

A: Credit market regulations
Aa: Ownership of banks
Ab: Private sector credit
Ac: Interest rate controls/negative real interest rates
B: Labour market regulations
Ba: Hiring regulations and minimum wage
Bb: Hiring and firing regulations
Bc: Centralized collective bargaining
Bd: Hours regulations
Be: Mandated cost of worker dismissal
Bf: Conscription
C: Business regulations
Ca: Administrative requirements
Cb: Bureaucracy costs
Cc: Starting a business
Cd: Extra payments/bribes/favoritism
Ce: Licensing restrictions
Cf: Cost of tax compliance

Ranges from 1 (least free) to 10 (most free).

Observed Relation with Happiness