The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China
This paper studies the impact of six main air pollutants on three key dimensions of subjective well-being (SWB) – life satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and rich weather conditions according to the exact dat...
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| author | Zhang, Xin Chen, Xi Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| description | This paper studies the impact of six main air pollutants on three key dimensions of subjective well-being (SWB) – life satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and rich weather conditions according to the exact date and county of each interview. By making use of variations in exposures to air pollution across similar respondents living in the same county, we find that PM2.5 reduces hedonic happiness and increases the rate of depressive symptoms, but does not affect life satisfaction. Our results show that the benefits of reducing air pollution would be higher if the hidden costs of air pollution on SWB in China are taken into account. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1458852025-12-08T10:11:39Z The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China Zhang, Xin Chen, Xi Zhang, Xiaobo mental health health environment air pollution This paper studies the impact of six main air pollutants on three key dimensions of subjective well-being (SWB) – life satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and rich weather conditions according to the exact date and county of each interview. By making use of variations in exposures to air pollution across similar respondents living in the same county, we find that PM2.5 reduces hedonic happiness and increases the rate of depressive symptoms, but does not affect life satisfaction. Our results show that the benefits of reducing air pollution would be higher if the hidden costs of air pollution on SWB in China are taken into account. 2019-05-13 2024-06-21T09:05:16Z 2024-06-21T09:05:16Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145885 en https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788119344.00018 Open Access Institute for the Study of Labor Zhang, Xin; Chen, Xi; and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2019. The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China. IZA Discussion Paper No. 12313. Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor. http://ftp.iza.org/dp12313.pdf |
| spellingShingle | mental health health environment air pollution Zhang, Xin Chen, Xi Zhang, Xiaobo The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China |
| title | The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China |
| title_full | The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China |
| title_fullStr | The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China |
| title_short | The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China |
| title_sort | effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well being in china |
| topic | mental health health environment air pollution |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145885 |
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