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Correlational findings

Study Rodriguez-Pose & Maslauskaite (2011): study ZZ Eastern Europe 1999

Public
18+ aged, general public, Eastern Europe, Multiple nations, 1999 - 2008
Survey name
EU-EVS
Sample
Respondents
N = 12500
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Corruption in nation
Our Classification
Remarks
Source: World Bank
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Corruption control indicator from the WB Government indicators (0 = poor corruption control, 10 = total corruption control)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -.09 ns INDIVIDUAL Happiness by corruption control in 1999 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = +.23 p < .001 INDIVIDUAL Happiness by corruption control in 2008

b coefficients controlled for:
- individual characteristics
  - Health
  - Gender
  - Income
  - Married
  - Nr.of children
  - Unemployed
  - Retired
  - Student
  - Self-employed
  - Long-term unemployed
  - Secundary education
  - Tertiary education
- Local characteristics
  - Big City
  - Remote Area
- country characteristics
  - Decentralisation
  - Interpersonal income inequality
  - Inflation
  - Unemployment rate
  - Government expenditures
  - GDP

A regime change took place between 1999-2008 in these nations. The Russion oriented communist regime was replaced by a western oriented market democracy