Effects of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being

Are people more likely to be satisfied with their lives if they had freedom from regulations, if they had the ability to trade freely internationally? In light of the demographic aging phenomenon we are facing, the present study analyzes the relationship between economic freedom and life satisfactio...

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Main Authors: Alexandra-Cristina Sirbu, Andreea-Oana Iacobuță-Mihăiță, Mircea Asandului, Madalina-Maria Brezuleanu
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Language:English
Published: Editura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iaşi / Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi Publishing house 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Annals of Economics and Business
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Online Access:http://saeb.feaa.uaic.ro/index.php/saeb/article/view/2014
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Mircea Asandului
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description Are people more likely to be satisfied with their lives if they had freedom from regulations, if they had the ability to trade freely internationally? In light of the demographic aging phenomenon we are facing, the present study analyzes the relationship between economic freedom and life satisfaction among European older adults. In order to do so, we are using data from the European Health, Ageing, and Retirement Survey and Economic Freedom of the World. By using the ordered logit regression method, we estimated different models to identify how sub-indicators of economic freedom affect the subjective well-being. According to the findings, the quality of the institutions that define the legal system and establish rules for the protection of private property and sound monetary policy have a positive effect on subjective well-being. On the other hand, openness to international trade has a negative effect and government and regulation doesn’t show any significance.
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spelling doaj-art-9bc5c152d77a47baa2b1f7d05ca77b7f2025-08-20T03:52:38ZengEditura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iaşi / Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi Publishing houseScientific Annals of Economics and Business2501-31652023-03-0170SI859710.47743/saeb-2023-00151045Effects of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-BeingAlexandra-Cristina Sirbu0Andreea-Oana Iacobuță-Mihăiță1Mircea Asandului2Madalina-Maria Brezuleanu3Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration IaşiAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration IaşiAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration IaşiAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration IaşiAre people more likely to be satisfied with their lives if they had freedom from regulations, if they had the ability to trade freely internationally? In light of the demographic aging phenomenon we are facing, the present study analyzes the relationship between economic freedom and life satisfaction among European older adults. In order to do so, we are using data from the European Health, Ageing, and Retirement Survey and Economic Freedom of the World. By using the ordered logit regression method, we estimated different models to identify how sub-indicators of economic freedom affect the subjective well-being. According to the findings, the quality of the institutions that define the legal system and establish rules for the protection of private property and sound monetary policy have a positive effect on subjective well-being. On the other hand, openness to international trade has a negative effect and government and regulation doesn’t show any significance.http://saeb.feaa.uaic.ro/index.php/saeb/article/view/2014subjective well-beingeconomic freedomshareologitlife satisfaction.
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Andreea-Oana Iacobuță-Mihăiță
Mircea Asandului
Madalina-Maria Brezuleanu
Effects of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being
Scientific Annals of Economics and Business
subjective well-being
economic freedom
share
ologit
life satisfaction.
title Effects of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being
title_full Effects of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being
title_fullStr Effects of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being
title_short Effects of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being
title_sort effects of economic freedom on subjective well being
topic subjective well-being
economic freedom
share
ologit
life satisfaction.
url http://saeb.feaa.uaic.ro/index.php/saeb/article/view/2014
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