Labor & Market Regulation

This dimension measures how much you think the state should regulate work and markets: minimum wage, dismissal costs, working hours, unions, occupational licensing and the rules for opening and closing businesses.

Toward more freedom

Free hiring between employer and worker, few requirements and markets open to competition.

Toward more control

Strong labor protections, influential unions and regulated markets to prevent abuse.

Debates it touches

Minimum wage
Severance pay
Shorter working week

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The other dimensions

01 Freedom of Movement & Migration
02 Fiscal & Tax Policy
03 Free Speech & Press
04 International Trade
05 Privacy & State Surveillance
06 Property Rights & Contracts
07 Freedom of Religion & Conscience
08 Financial & Monetary System
09 Civil Rights & Lifestyle Choices
10 Labor & Market Regulation
11 Criminal Justice & Due Process
12 Government Spending & Subsidies