Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect subjective well-being?

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dc.creatorZhang, Xin
dc.creatorZhang, Xiaobo
dc.creatorChen, Xi
dc.date2015-09-25
dc.date2024-08-01T02:49:26Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:49:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:55:47Z
dc.descriptionExisting studies that evaluate the impact of pollution on human beings understate its negative effect on cognition, mental health, and happiness. This paper attempts to fill in the gap via investigating the impact of air quality on subjective well-being using China as an example. By matching a unique longitudinal dataset at the individual level, which includes self-reported happiness and mental well-being measures, with contemporaneous local air quality and weather information according to the exact date and place of interview, we show that worse air quality reduces shorter-term hedonic happiness and increases the rate of depressive symptoms. However, life satisfaction, an evaluative measure of happiness, is largely immune from immediate bad air quality.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149491
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/89706
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150410
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149847
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154739
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154002
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceZhang, Xin; Zhang, Xiaobo; and Chen, Xi. 2015. Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect subjective well-being? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1463. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149491
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectwelfare
dc.subjectpsychology
dc.subjectair pollution
dc.subjectair quality
dc.titleHappiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect subjective well-being?
dc.typeWorking Paper

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