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Correlational findings

Study Sachs (2016): study ZZ 2015

Public
15+ aged, general public, 119 nations, 2015-2016
Survey name
INT-GallupWorldPoll2016
Sample
Respondents
N = 199000
Non Response
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods

Correlate

Authors's Label
Global Competitiveness Index
Our Classification
Remarks
Annuallly produced by the World Economic Forum.
Operationalization
Index of:
a. Institutions
b. Infrastructure
c. Macroeconomic environment
d. Innovation
e. Business sophistication
f. Market size
g. Health & primary education
h. Higher education and training
i. Good markets efficiency
j. Technological readiness
k. Financial market development
l. Labor market efficiency

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c b = +1.3 p < .01 AVERAGE happiness by GCI index.

No controls
C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c b = +.12 ns b controled for
- sustainable development goals index
- global competitiveness index 2015-2016
- index of economic freedom 2016
- GDP per capita
- unemployment rate (IEF data set)
C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c Ra² = .60